I do use "scw" as prefix for our workshops mailing lists here, from Software Carpentry Workshop, so sc-discuss (or swc-discuss) feels good to me, even if 'pre-merge' as Bennet says :-)
'discuss' on its own is definitely too vague. Iñigo On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:40:32 -0400 Bennet Fauber <ben...@umich.edu> wrote: > It's very 'pre merge', but the old three-letter acronym 'SWC' was > fairly unique, fairly informative, and fairly short. Would it be out > of court to suggest resuscitating that for this purpose? > > One other possibility would be to simply replace 'discuss' with > 'carpentry'? > > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 11:28 AM Henry Neeman (please use my OU email > address) <hnee...@ou.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > I agree that "Carpentries" is too long and "discuss" is too vague. > > > > > > How about something like this? > > > > > > carpsdisc > > > > > > That's 2 characters longer than "discuss" and would be > > opaque to a non-Carpentries person, but would presumably > > be easily understood by someone on this mailing list, > > at least after the first few e-mails they got. > > > > > > Henry Neeman (hnee...@ou.edu) > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:16 AM Purwanto, Wirawan > > <wpurw...@odu.edu> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Kevin, this is just my opinion:: one reason not to add > >> “Carpentries” in the subject line is to avoid making the prefix > >> too long. Then we couldn’t easily see what’s the discussion about > >> if we are skimming thru the emails by the subject line. Especially > >> on small devices like phones. Many mailers are smart enough to > >> sort out mails to different folders based on the destination > >> (which can be helpful to maximize focus) – the discuss mails > >> always have discuss@lists.carpentries.org destination address. > >> Perhaps for mailers to be smarter in giving visual cues, like > >> colors (ok for those not colorblind), or tiny icons. > >> > >> Wirawan > >> > >> From: "Strong, Dena L" <dlstr...@illinois.edu> > >> Reply-To: discuss <discuss@lists.carpentries.org> > >> Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 9:09 AM > >> To: discuss <discuss@lists.carpentries.org> > >> Subject: RE: [discuss] <== Mailing list prefix label for the > >> Carpentries' discuss list > >> > >> In my mail client, that would only leave about 10 letters of the > >> actual topic visible in the left preview pane. Is there anything > >> shorter than the word Carpentries that could be used? > >> > >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > >> > >> From: Kevin Buckley > >> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 8:21 PM > >> To: 'discuss@lists.carpentries.org' > >> Subject: [discuss] <== Mailing list prefix label for the > >> Carpentries' discuss list > >> > >> Hi there, > >> > >> just re-subscribed to "The Carpentries: discuss" list, having > >> realised I'd left myself subscribed at an address associated with > >> my previous job, and so it's just dawned on me that, when viewed > >> in a list of Subject lines, the Carpentries' discuss list emails > >> just show as, eg: > >> > >> [discuss] Post-workshop eval questions related to online delivery? > >> > >> and so I was wondering if there was any reason why the mailing list > >> prefix label couldn't explictly mention the Carpentries? > >> > >> Perhaps > >> > >> [Carpentries discuss] Post-workshop eval questions related to > >> online delivery? > >> > >> or similar would serve to add some context. > >> > >> As things stand, it's akin to a mailing list equivalent of > >> supplying a phone number in an email sig, but without the country > >> code. > > > > The Carpentries / discuss / see discussions + participants + > > delivery options Permalink > > ------------------------------------------ > The Carpentries: discuss > Permalink: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T180fa0d50619dfc5-M71895bf13387b2d747ac4d9e > Delivery options: > https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T180fa0d50619dfc5-Mf2fbd0c971e9164b3b20631e Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
