Quite so. This has been mentioned various times before,
and is very evident to users of the archives, but
it is not, at the instant I write, explicit in the FAQ.
However, I have just requested that the FAQ
be changed. Like many other recommendations
in the FAQ this may be futile, but we try.
Nick
[email protected]
Richard Williams
> hitting "reply" to start a new thread,
> even if you
> totally erase everything from the old one, is not a good idea
> either. Even
> though you have seemingly deleted all traces of the original,
> Stata still
> thinks you are replying to the original message. For an example, see
>
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2005-07/
>
> and note how Jeff Pitblado's original post on svy variance
> estimation (July
> 18, 2005) has now morphed into 2 other unrelated topics!
> This clutters up
> the original topic and will make it harder for anyone using
> the archives to find what they want.
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