In article <bkBSb$li@twinsun.com> junio@twinsun.com (Jun Hamano) writes:
quoted text
>Here is a better and simpler way to do this.  Let's put the
>following sentence somewhere in the FAQ.
>
>       When you ask questions in c.o.l., put an extra `.'
>       (period) character after `?' in your subject line.  This
>       tells people that you _have_ read the FAQ, so that
>       helpful linuxers can ignore questions from people who
>       haven't even read the FAQ and don't follow this
>       convention.
>
>;-)
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>   __-+-__      Jun Hamano
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>  !   .   !

VERY good idea!  I hope this is made a standard policy.

Mark Montague
plph@caen.engin.umich.edu