Re: ADMIN: Subject Tags

John and everyone,

I guess I will get flamed for this message but there is no disrespect or
controversy intended.

I understand the use of the subject tags and see how they can be helpful.
However, to make them mandatory and make people feel unwelcome to
participate in this forum if they are not used seems a bit uppity and
snobbish to me.  I am guilty (oh my!!) of sometimes using the tags and
sometimes not using the tags.  I have also felt the wrath of the listowner
with his friendly reminders that tags should be used.

I believe that if the subject line contains a good description of the
content of the message then that should be allowed without making anyone
feel that they should not participate in this group.  For example, the
subject line "Garden Labels" seems pretty clear to me and the lack of
subject tags in this message seems extremely trivial.  Isn't the message
more important than the subject of the message?  and shouldn't participation
be encouraged over the constant admonishment of using subject tags
appropriately.

I am now hiding behind a flame retardant iris.

Iris Moose
Wake Forest, NC


----- Original Message -----
From: "John I Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
To: "iris-talk" <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 1:59 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] ADMIN: Subject Tags


>
> I thought that my last post on the Subject Tags issue would get the
> point across. I guess not.
>
> Wake up people !
>
> Use the Subject Tags as listed in the Welcome message and replicated
> below for you.
>
> TAG    Used For
> ----   --------
>
>  TB:    tall bearded irises
>  MED:   median and dwarf bearded irises
>  AR:    arilbred and aril irises
>  SIB:   Siberian irises
>  LA:    Louisiana irises
>  JI:    Japanese irises
>  SPU:   spuria irises
>  PCN:   Pacific coast native irises
>  BULB:  bulb irises (Dutch, reticulatas, Junos)
>  SPEC:  iris species (particularly those not covered in another category)
>
>  REB:   reblooming irises
>  SA:    space-age irises
>  HIST:  historic irises and history of iris development
>
>  CULT:  culture
>  HYB:   hybridizing
>  REF:   references (books and society publications)
>  SHOW:  iris shows and related topics
>  IRC:   IRC chat sessions (currently Friday nights)
>  AIS:   American Iris Society business and issues
>  PHOTO: iris photography
>  COMP:  iris-related computer topics (record keeping, photo digitizing,
etc.)
>  CAT:   iris catalogs and discussion of commercial nurseries
>  AD:    iris-related advertisement (ads not related to irises are *not*
>  welcome!)
> TRADE: Posts to the list offering trades or looking for a particular
> iris. Replies to these posts should be made off-list privately to the
> original sender.
>
>  OT-PLANTS: other garden plants (not irises)
>  OT-ART:    iris-motif art and craftwork
>  OT-HUMOR:  iris-related humor
>  OT-CHAT:   personal messages and conversation (consider taking it
off-list!)
>  OT-BIO:    introduction from a new subscriber (please follow with your
name)
>
>
>  ADMIN:    Reserved for list owner
>
>
>
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