RANT: Please post with a meaningful subject line

This is an SQL and PL/SQL forum. Almost all posts will be people needing help with a query, or in a PL/SQL procedure, so subject lines like
Stored Procedure
Please share your valuable experience
Need help on the below query
error while running PL/SQL
Query
Help need in this query
PL/SQL
Query - Help
Help
are essentially meaningless (those just in the last few hours).
If you're getting an error, put the error in the subject line.
If your query is slow, first read When your query takes too long ... and if that doesn't help then post with something in the subject line to indicate it's a performance related question.
If it's a "how to" question, use that e.g "how to calculate a rolling average".
Oh, and if your question is how to find the second highest salary in the department, don't bother posting at all.
Just a pet peeve brought to a head by this morning's threads.

Agree and disagree with your comments APC.
Yes, the clueless and unwashed will not even bother reading this posting - just as they will not be bothered by using a totally meaningless subject for their posting.
But, I do not think we should simply 'let it be' (only John/Paul made that work and in a song). The forum is what we, the members, make from it.
I think my continual rants on using "urgent" for a subject header have made a difference and many "got the point". So I do not see Dave's rant as pointless - simply addressed at the wrong audience. He should instead post a small rant to an applicable posting and "spread the message" that way.
As for what we choose to read and not read.. some of us are here because we want to help. And a poster with a meaningless subject has a lessor change of getting his/her posting read by those who want to help.. as it is simply a nameless problem amongst other nameless problems.

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