If you are triaging something, surely there should be three or more things to consider?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Can you triage 2 things?

I thinknnot.

Semantic bugger

Good ol' Wiki

"Triage originated in World War I by French doctors treating the battlefield wounded at the aid stations behind the front. Much is owed to the work of Dominique Jean Larrey during the Napoleonic Wars. Until recently, triage results, whether performed by a paramedic or anyone else, were frequently a matter of the 'best guess', as opposed to any real or meaningful assessment.

At its most primitive, those responsible for the removal of the wounded from a battlefield or their care afterwards have divided victims into three categories:

Those who are likely to live, regardless of what care they receive;
Those who are likely to die, regardless of what care they receive;
Those for whom immediate care might make a positive difference in outcome."

Its etymology is from the French trier, to sort. Are you maybe thinking in typos that it is triangliage or something?

Merci beaucoup, LeBOF, I had no idea, I was just making assumptions shoot me now.

ArEm, I thank you for your extensive research, which I like a lot.

This thought process came about when Rowan very kindly and extensively told me about the spsm versus not spam options in the Report Message system. She explained how it helpd her triage her inbox. Hmm, I thought, could that be biage instead, perahps, maybe?

I'll bet she wishes she'd have written "Oi, just tell us it's spam, you noodle!".

I biage daily - you should try it, you noodle

Actually, no.

Triage comes from 'trier', the French for 'to separate out'.

Nothing to do with the tri- prefix that means three of something.

Oh , I'm a SLOW pedant.

But perhaps there are three report categories in any case:

Decisions in relation to which MNHQ will be slaughtered, regardless of what they do
Decisions in relation to which MNHQ will survive, regardless of what they do
Decisions in relation to which immediate response might mean less post-traumatic MNHQ gin needs drinking.

Threads which will die no matter what MNHQ do
Threads which will live no matter how many times MNHQ delete them
Threads which, if MNHQ get in quick, might just die.

Bof 1 - 0 Helen

Soz Helen

I bet Helen actually knew it though and didn't google first