On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:41 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>Hello -- > > >>Some of the people posting to this mailing list don't seem to understand > how > to write a decent, readable reply to a mailing list thread. Yes, but the opinion on what makes a readable reply may differ from person to person. >>This makes for far more noise than signal, True > >>as people wade through six copies of the > foundation-l footer Footers should of course be kept brief and to the point, else they become irritating.. Our current footer can probably be reduced to 1 or 2 lines. >>or eight old and irrelevant replies trying to find the > content of the reply to the previous message. > > Good practice imho is to leave only the previous text, but delete all text before the previous message. This is easiest when people use top-line posting. But I must confess that I have not always done that in the past. > >>The Toolserver wiki has a fantastic page that explains how to reply to a > >>mailing list thread the Right Way.[1] If you suspect you've been Doing It > >>Wrong, please have a read. > See my reply further down. > > >>Thanks! > > >>MZMcBride > > >>[1] https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette > Thank you for providing the link. I think this policy must be discussed, as > many people will prefer top-line posting, as shown by its popularity on this > mailing list.. Inline posting, as demonstrated by this reply, may well > obscure the orginal message. > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
