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<node id="21814" title="Suggestion for post-naming convention" created="2000-07-10 16:23:26" updated="2005-08-15 01:47:06">
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monkdiscuss</type>
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kudra</author>
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[ybiC] seems to think I should post what I'm doing, and nobody else
on chatterbox expressed strong disagreement.
&lt;p&gt;
I often have difficulty finding old nodes I would like to link to
because of common or unrelated subjects (for example, a post about
tie with a subject of &lt;em&gt;Re: RE: RE: Suggestions quest&lt;/em&gt;).
&lt;p&gt;
In an attempt to address this problem, I am going through my old
posts (which thankfully are small in number) and apending all 
Re: titles with &lt;em&gt;(kudra: &amp;lt;subject&amp;gt;)&lt;/em&gt; (minus the
emphasis).  I think this could be useful because:
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Subject titles are now unique, which leads to easier linking
(existing links are most likely unaffected, because links to replies
are usually done by node_id).  Titles are longer, but can always
be pasted in.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nodes will respond better to searchs by answering to relevant
keywords and by specifying the author in the event of multiple returns.
A quick glance at the subject will reveal if the post is the
one being sought&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The original title is retained, so it is easy to see which
posts are related, even without being on one of the thread's nodes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
For an example of this, look at my list of postings.</field>
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