To all members who think top-posting is OK and by asking you to avoid it I am imposing my personal views on the group, I am providing snippets from the guideliene pages of major city-level LUGs around the country.
*** Mumbai Linux Users Group http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/pages/show/6 <quote> 16. Top posting is to be strictly avoided. Top posting messes up with the natural flow of reading and makes it difficult to understand conversation in a thread. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting explains more about top posting. </quote> *** Pune Linux Users Group http://plug.org.in/mailinglist.php <quote> 3. Top posting to the replies is discouraged. </quote> *** Chennai Linux Users Group http://chennailug.org/guidelines <quote> 4. Do not top-post: Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting Example of a top-post: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > Why is top-posting > > such a bad thing? Top-posting. > > What is the most > > annoying thing in e-mail? Always use bottom-posting. > What is your name ? My name is ILUGC. </quote> *** Kolkata Linux Users Group http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=64 <quote> Do not Top Post. That breaks message threads. </quote> *** Bangalore Linux Users Group http://linux-bangalore.org/blug/discussions/ Quoted from file welcome.txt which is mailed to its subscribers: <quote> Top-posts This is the most common list newbie mistake! Do not "top-post" (reply to a message by adding text to the top of the message instead of below), as it loses the reader and the flow of the message and can annoy other readers. </quote> I have set the facts straight now and believe this is sufficient reason for Linuxvadapav to stand by its guideline of discouraging top-posted emails. Regards, NMK.
