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st: RE: urgency (again) [was: Re: statalist-digest V4 #4296]


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: urgency (again) [was: Re: statalist-digest V4 #4296]
Date   Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:35:36 +0100

Thanks for this suggestion, which we will think about. Also, some people have sent in views privately, including very firm defences of the existing statement, which need consideration. 

I think the main point about claims of urgency is that they are futile in practice, quite apart from the irritation that they cause some of us. The main advice is: Don't do that, because it won't help and it may well harm your chances of getting a good answer. 

If anyone says that they would try to answer an urgent email more quickly, or more thoroughly, or rather than one not claiming urgency, then I am wrong; i.e. those people evidently would pay more attention to claims of urgency. 

However, I don't really want to enlarge a debate that I don't see as necessary. 



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