[blackshoe]

Interesting posts. I'll be thinking about them, and discussing things with David, in the next few days or weeks.

The link and reference suggestion by Aquahombre is a good one. The problem is that if you're in forum A and want to split off posts in thread A1 and move them to a new topic in forum B, you have to make a new thread, post your link and reference message, split off the messages from A1 to a temporary topic, and then merge them with your new topic, instead of just splitting off the messages to the new topic (which is what I did recently). Maybe there's a better way; I'll have to do some research.

[aguahombre]

Just a question. Can you lock your new thread after making the OP, to allow the time required to transfer posts at your convenience and then unlock it?

This would avoid us jumping in with new stuff before you are finished.

[blackshoe]

That I can do, yes. I may even be able to transfer posts into a locked thread - I'll have to experiment.

[Trinidad]

I think that splitting threads should only be done in real exceptional situations. In normal situations the "cost" of losing the context of the posts doesn't justify the gains.

Rik

[jallerton]

Moderator: please can you move the last seven off-topic posts into a new thread called "thread splitting"? Thanks.

[blackshoe]

Heh. No. Not right now, anyway.

[barmar]

jallerton, on 2013-February-22, 13:06, said:

Moderator: please can you move the last seven off-topic posts into a new thread called "thread splitting"? Thanks.

And move that one into a new thread called "discussion about which posts should be split".

[bluejak]

aguahombre, on 2013-February-19, 09:11, said:

Just out of curiosity: If 2♥ were not a 2-suited convention, but merely a mundane weak two, would EBU TD's entertain an adjustment at all?

True, the EBU rules on alerting doubles are what they are. But opposite a one-suited preempt with an intervening bid, double is penalty, rather than asking opener to bid a suit he doesn't have; and it would be a joke for the NOS to claim damage on a failure to alert.

We are considering playing double as a game try. See relevant comments in another thread.

What I dislike is the suggestion as always that we should see if we can avoid giving an adjustment because the non-offenders should do better.

If I open a fairly minimum hand, overcall, double, and I have 9x in the suit doubled, I have a fairly strong idea partner meant it as penalties before I pass. And if I have a strong idea it is penalties then I see no reason for sympathy for me if I do not alert.