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[Tom Berger <tom.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/9/9 Christian Robottom Reis <kiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:03:12PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
>> "Also notified" has never had a clear meaning to me, maybe it means
>> "Implicitly subscribed" and should say so?  On for example
>> <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/392355> there are two
>> screenfuls of people 'also notified', many of whom I've never heard of
>> and don't care about.  I am sometimes interested in who's specifically
>> shown interest in the bug by subscribing but I don't think I've ever
>> cared about the 'also notified' list.  So it seems like a waste of
>> space.  If it's really needed, maybe it can be behind a disclosure
>> triangle.
>
> Maybe
>
>    23 people (_who?_) implicitly notified (_what's this?_)
>
> Not sure the double-questions work, but maybe they do.

I'm not sure the phrase 'implicitly notified' is clearer, but I really
like this format

Another option is:

> 23 people also notified

which expands to

V 23 people also notified
 * Foo Bar
 * Foo Baz