The origin of this post has to be found in thread:
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=28267.0while I would have liked to reply there, it has not been possible to have it reopened, and that's why this thread exists.
What I'll ask for, is something quite simple and understandable (from my point of view) and that could be classified somewhere between the "posting guidelines" and "behavior and etiquette" in the thread named "Forum Rules of Conduct". The link is:
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=22698.0The idea is quite simple:
I think it's desireable that if in a post one person is named, or as it's also the case, prompted to do a certain action, said person has to be notified about the existance of the post. It's a matter of posting (n)etiquette.
Failing to do so, might result in the addressed person not ever knowing about that post/thread existance.
Needless to say, this wouldn't apply to cases where the named person was the one that started the thread (for he/she would likely expect a reply) or when the named person has replied to that thread (in that case chances are he/she will check the thread again) or any other situation where chances are said person won't miss the message.
Even if my suggestion could be taken as a common sense way of acting, it has to be recalled that, after all, the purpose of the Forum Rules of Conduct thread is no other than to explicitly write down those common sense guidelines, for the benefit of the forum itself.
