Keycodes: Just a thought

[morganpalaeo@peg.apc.org (Morgan Palaeo Associates)]

Just thinking - would it be useful to implement a keycode system on comp.lang.ada?
On some other newsgroups, a keycode system is used so that people can quickly
identify those posts which are of interest to them.  They consist of a letter code
placed at the beginning of the "Subject" line.

comp.lang.ada could possibly benefit from the following keycodes:

  [Q]uestion or answer
  [A]nnouncement (or comment on an announcement)
  [D]ebate
  [O]fftopic
  [M]iscellaneous

Where the distinction between keycodes is not clear for a particular post, the
decision is that of the poster.  This post would then be: [M] Keycodes.

I realise that comp.lang.ada recieves a large volume of cross-group mail, and it
is probably impractical to create a keycode system that works for all comp.lang
groups, so it certainly doesn't make sense to *enforce* a keycode system.

However, I am imagining that a keycode system in the sense of an optional tool
would be useful, even if it is far from universally used.  I am sure my own
reading of CLA would benefit from such a system.

-- Adrian Morgan