Chris Snyder wrote: > Am I the only one that finds these sentences incongruous: > > $Bill Luebkert: > a) We don't need a flame war here... > vs. > b) Look at all the crap you left in your post. > c) Just becuase you're lazy, don't make that an > excuse to give up on proper etiquette.
How so ? The list FAQs ask for interspersed replies. People aren't conforming, so when they start to argue about it they're the ones starting the flame war. People conforming to the FAQ are only asking for a little decency from the other/new/junior/beginner/neophyte (possibly ignorant) posters by following suit. > I also think that this is a personal decision that is not absolute, and hate > to see this conversation started for the umpteenth hundred time. If you > like top posting or your email app is not geared or whatever your reason, > then top post. If you like inline, then do so inline. Bottom posting? Go > for it. Personally, I think that sometimes top posting is best when the > context permits it, but inline is often necessary. I suppose I could just stop helping all the top-posters and just help the proper posters who would obviously be more appreciative of the help since they're already proving they're more considerate. Maybe we come up with two lists - one for top-posters/non-trimmers and another for intersperser/trimmers - I wonder which would be more successful. > Personally, I hate ASCII art, overly verbose signatures and legal > disclaimers on developer forums, but I'm not going to say that the rule / > etiquette / status quo / intelligent thing to do is to eliminate it, even > though it seems self-evident to me (and sometimes you can't change it). I'm especially un-fond of those legal disclaimers, but if your .sig is 4 lines or less, you're usually fine by me. > And top posting seemed the most appropriate place for this message so you > don't have to wade through crap when the context is completely discernable > from this message. I have no problem with top-posting if you're going to remove the ENTIRE message your responding to instead of leaving 2-3K of garbage there. Of course that implies that your post stands alone and doesn't need any part of the prior post for context and you basically have a brand new post on the same subject. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
