Use of Subtitles in Topics

People, the proper use of subtitles can be useful.For example: I while back I was looking for a specific message in a topic I thought it was located in. I looked throught the subtitles in the topic index, but they were of no help.Quite a while back, I posted a "topic drift alert", with a subtitle (as I recall) of something like "Terminally Off Topic?". Ironicly, there was an on-topic reply to that message, which generated a string of on-topic messages with the subtitle of "Re: Terminally Off Topic?".Bottom line: What do you say, that you try putting useful subtitles on your messages? Just like a quality functional topic title, quality functional subtitles could be useful for guiding and organizing the discussion.AdminnemooseusThis message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 10-26-2004 04:01 PM

See previous message.I have just noticed that there are many "Re: Ted Bundy" subtitled messages in the "For those concerned with Free Speech (or Porn), it is time to get active." topic, the current most recent being message 209. I traced it back a ways without finding anything to do with Ted Bundy.New subtitles can be a good thing.Adminnemooseus

This really is a good idea. How about taking a moment to look at the sub titles?

Instead of having an automatic addition of 'Re:' to every subtitle, why not just have an automatic blank subtitle input bar, take away the '(optional)' label, and make it mandatory for post submitter to input the subtitle in order to submit the post?The bottom line is most people, including myself, will not adhere to anything unless being forced upon. Remember B UL LS HI T?This message has been edited by GAW-Snow, 07-05-2005 04:33 PM

Could we all pay a little bit of attention to subtitles?

Did Moose leave?

Pretty much.He gave up his Internet connection. Who knows, maybe after he plays on a friends high speed link and something more advanced than Win98 he will See The Light and be Born Again.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Very few posters are even glancing at the subtitles of their posts. Please help make things a bit easier and use the subtitles more carefully.Basically try to make them the core subject of the post. Treat them as something like chapter headings.

People - Please see and act upon the suggestions of messages 1 and 8.A good subtitle is a good thing.Adminnemooseus {Edited to change ID}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 11-16-2005 01:14 PM

Can we have a POTM for best sub-title? Or go the hog and have an Oscar type list?
Best sub-title in a category not including religion or science, goes to----

{Yet again, edited to change ID}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 11-19-2005 11:57 AM

What does this sub-title have to do with good sub-titles.

Just an echo from last month.AM

I read and saw the premise, Moose! Im with ya! A good subtitle reframes the issue and steers the topic towards a hopefully sane conclusion! This topic can now be closed! We have come full circle! Moose is back in the saddle, antlers held high! This message has been edited by AdminPhat, 12-14-2005 03:53 PM

I'm not an admin, so I feel slightly self conscious for pointing this out, but I've noticed that Subtitles have gone a bit pear shaped again recently. I use subtitles on the All Topics page to see if a thread is looking interesting or not.Pars' ID test thread, which has spiralled into a discussion on relative poverty and the place scientists have within it, has been using the rather surreal subtitle above for some time, and every time I see if anything interesting is going on, its more of the same silly argument.I'm not singling it out though, there are a few others that are suffering.*ducks out of the way of the rotten tomatoes, before deftly falling off the soapbox*