Show the Subject: lines on request pages

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Show the Subject: lines on request pages #215

Open sebbacon opened 13 years ago

sebbacon commented 13 years ago

Perhaps only show them where they are substantively different (modulo Re: and Fwd:) from the title and other subjects

this is so you can see any FOI code number the authority has put in the subject.

skenaja commented 11 years ago

hsenag commented 11 years ago

Another instance where this would have been useful: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/highways_pinch_point_fund_3

RichardTaylor commented 10 years ago

Just to note we've had a user request this again today; citing the fact authorities sometimes put reference numbers in the subject lines.

RichardTaylor commented 7 years ago

We've had a case today on WhatDoTheyKnow where a reference number was provided in a subject line, and a user got in touch as they couldn't see it:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/guidance_on_uk_fco_consular_resp#comment-80743

RichardTaylor commented 3 years ago

We've had a case on WhatDoTheyKnow where a user has asked for their request reference numbers. They appear to probably be seeking the subject lines of responses.

This kind of request is rare, but if the user could access this material without admin action it would have prevented this correspondence, and perhaps prevented, or simplified, a right of access request.

RichardTaylor commented 3 years ago

Subject line provided manually at

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hospital_safety_index_evaluation#comment-100333

RichardTaylor commented 2 years ago

+1 I used my WDTK admin access to obtain a reference number from the subject line on one of my personal requests.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/extinguishment_of_unrecorded_rig#comment-106832

WilliamWDTK commented 2 years ago

Is there any reason we might not want to do this? I can't imagine subjects are every likely to be sensitive.

mdeuk commented 2 years ago

+1 - even keeping this consistently on request admin pages would be an improvement. The hardest ones to find are outgoing messages - as what shows in the logs isn't always quite what we've sent (the logs appear to truncate long subjects - but we still transmit them).

FOIMonkey commented 2 years ago

+1 Used my admin powers to grab a reference from the subject line to chase a response to one of my own requests: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/committee_minutes_9#outgoing-1323397