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Message 168 of 249 (494435)
01-16-2009 2:09 AM
Reply to: Message 167 by shalamabobbi
01-16-2009 1:40 AM


Please use the "little reply button"
Please use the little reply button at the bottom of the individual message if you are replying to a specific individual message. Then everyone knows who you are replying to and links to and from that message are automatically created. Also, if the person chooses to, s/he will receive an e-mail notice that his/her message has received a reply.
Only use the big "Gen Reply" button if you are not replying to a specific message.
You did no crime, but things work better if you follow the above guidelines.
Before using the "Submit Reply" button, using the "Preview" button is also a good thing (maybe you are using it). That way you see the (tentative) final results, which might include coding errors which will be flagged in red. Then you can make changes without having to do edits (a stack of "edited by" messages tend to look dumb).
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Message 249 of 249 (497252)
02-03-2009 4:36 AM


Contact with the topic theme seems to be getting lost
Message contents should have some explicit connection to the question "What is a Theory?".
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