Hey Sean, I understand and respect your points. I just don't happen to agree with them and JSMentors has allowed flexible posting style since it's inception. That's not going to change (as I've mentioned many times before). You're free, though, to post inline as you like.
Rey... On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:15 AM, Sean Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > tirsdag 24. mai 2011 kl. 04:56:55 UTC+2 skrev Rey Bango følgende: >> >> Top posting is allowed on here. This isn't a newsgroup and we don't limit >> how a person decides to reply. >> > > I think we've been over this before, and it's a fact that top-posting is a > bad habit that makes an argument (and subsequent debate) extremely hard to > follow. > This does not only relate to those actively participating in the > conversation, but also, and perhaps even more so to those that are not > interested in reading and memorizing each and every ill-formed message sent, > but who would still be happy to reply with constructive information to > individual tidbits. > > Effective communication require rules. This list uses English as the > working language - this is because it is more efficient than each part > having to run everything through a translator. > Likewise more 'advanced' lists (eg mature newsgroups) impose even more > structure by requiring correct references, line-width, no top-posting etc. > This is to make the communication more efficient. *For all*. > JsMentors shouldn't necessarily adopt such strict requirements as it might > be viewed upon as elitistic, but avoiding top-posting should be a minimum. > k > Science (and with it programming) isn't just about the individual skills - > it's about using a shared, concise language to describe something that all > can agree upon. In every branch of science this also reaches outside of the > formal area. > For anyone to say that 'JSMentors (or similar) should not seek to alienate > 'newbies' by imposing unfamiliar structue' or similar is equivalent to > saying that Javascript belongs in kindergarten, and not in higher education > like its 'peers' (C, Java ...). > Isn't this what we are all fighting against? > > If you are not able to understand some very simple guidelines as to how to > communicate, well, then programming is probably not the right profession for > you - programming == communication. > > Sean > (okay, enough procrastination) > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
