On Thursday 13 January 2005 00:37, Ruth A. Kramer wrote: > Derek Broughton wrote: > > he absolutely > > refuses to quote > > I did read one of his posts that was apparently in reply to another > post, and, although he did not quote, he had enough "background" in > his question/text that I thought it was easy to see to what he was > responding. I think that approach could be acceptable.
Absolutely not. I say: "Quote properly, or stop using mailing lists/usenet." His "approach" was not good enough. Also, it was correct to point him to the esr doc. He (and we) will only benefit from this. > Aside: I hadn't noticed that he broke the thread, but I suspect he > did, which is not good, unless he's really changing subjects--then it > might be a good idea as long as the new subject line accurately > reflects the contents of the new thread (and doesn't leave an > unanswered question in the old thread). IMO, you should simply never break a thread. Use "new subj [WAS old subj] instead if you have to. > The reason I say it might be > a good idea is that it may make the information easier to find in a > search of the archives. Not really sure I agree with this... B/R, -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
