Reminders to self

having received a number of useful responses to some of the threads i've initiated, i find that i have to park acting on them because i have to deal with other work issues first

that way i'm in danger of forgetting about it at a later stage (especially when the thread is no longer visible on page 1), short of printing the thread out and putting it in a (paper) 'to do' folder

maybe the option i have in mind already exists in this forum (in which case could someone point me in the right direction), but it would be nice if i could leave a reminder tag on threads i've initiated (presumably only visible to myself, although i don't mind if other people can see them), reminding me of whatever action i've decided upon but haven't yet got around to

[hope the above description isn't too obscure or muddle-headed]

You can subscribe to threads if that's what you want.

Definitely a lot easier than printing them out to put in a 'to do' folder !

thanks, i do seem to have a number of threads on my subscription list but have not chosen to receive e-mail notification

however, unless there's some functionality that i haven't twigged, the only way i can alert myself of threads to be actioned is by unsubscribing to the ones that are 'dead' and leaving the others as a reminder that i still need to deal with them

correct ?

I also agree that a "tag this thread" option would be nice. I subscribe to posts automatically when I post in them, and don't want to change that because I like to be notified when they are updated. However, that makes searching for a particular thread nearly impossible. And if I forgot that I wanted to remember (too much dope), then all hope is lost.

I suppose that I could simply bookmark the page like every other page on the internet.

well, i've done what people suggested and subscribed to current + past threads with useful bits in

still feels like something's missing though - it really would be handy if i could leave myself a one-liner with the reason why i subscribed to the thread in the first place

any chance of having that sort of facility created ?

Find a vB hack and post the link here, then we can all discuss it
and propose it to the admins...

sorry to sound stupid (don't worry, i can do stupid whilst sleepwalking) but how do i do that ?

There is a forum where people discuss and post vB hacks:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32

Completely off-topic: Sep, did you know about this? :O