Bug#356375: Please include a better description
Anthony DeRobertis wrote: [cc'd to -english for wording help; including description w/o trimming for their benefit] [...] Fullquottel performs several tests to determine if a message is written in the top-post (TOFU) style: The full response above and a full quote of the original message below. Personally style - the. Either way, I don't believe the initial letter of the should be capitalised. Each test is customizable and yeilds a score. Fullquottel sums the scores and returns that sum in several forms useful for sorting email. s/yeilds/yields/. My suggestion would be something more along the lines of: Each test is customizable and has an associated score. Fullquottel returns the total score for the message in several forms which are useful for sorting e-mail. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#356375: Please include a better description
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 12:29:04PM -, Adam D. Barratt wrote: Anthony DeRobertis wrote: [cc'd to -english for wording help; including description w/o trimming for their benefit] My suggestion would be something more along the lines of: Thanks Anthony and Adam! My current version goes like this: Description: Recognizes top-posted e-mail and usenet replies Fullquottel performs several tests to determine if a message is written in the top-post style (a.k.a. TOFU or jeopardy-style quoting) - the full response above and a full quote of the original message below. . Each test is customizable and has an associated score. Fullquottel returns the total score for the message in several forms which are useful e.g. for sorting e-mail. . Homepage: http://www.toastfreeware.priv.at/ Any further feedback welcome. Regards, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : infos zur usenet-hierarchie at.*: http://www.usenet.at/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `-NP: Aimee Mann: I Can't Get My Head Around It signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#356375: Please include a better description
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 10:34:11AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Thanks for your bugreport and your suggestions.
Long descriptions are supposed to stand on their own, w/o the short
description. Please explain the term 'tofu mail' in the long
description.
Ok.
Second, the short description is confusing:
Ok.
I changed the descriptions to:
Description: Tool for recognizing mails/postings in TOFU (top-posting) style
TOFU is an acronym for Text oben, Fullquote unten (German) or
text over, fullquote under (English), also known as top-posting or
jeopardy-style quoting; i.e. writing one's own text above the fully
quoted original message in replies to mails or newsgroup posts.
.
fullquottel performs several tests to decide whether the mail is a TOFU
mail or not. Each test produces a score. The final sum of the individual
test scores is compared to a threshold. If it is above it, the mail is
classified as TOFU mail ('Fullquottel' is returned). Further more, the
score itself is returned as a number and as a row where each score point
produces one *. Each test can be customized via a config file or on the
command line.
.
Homepage: http://www.toastfreeware.priv.at/
Is this clear enough in your opinion?
So, what exactly is tofu mail? I've never heard of it, and Google (with
all of 271 results, the first one being your ITP) seems not have have
heard either.
My Google presents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting as the 7th link ;-)
gregor
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Bug#356375: Please include a better description
gregor herrmann wrote:
[cc'd to -english for wording help; including description w/o trimming
for their benefit]
I changed the descriptions to:
Description: Tool for recognizing mails/postings in TOFU (top-posting) style
TOFU is an acronym for Text oben, Fullquote unten (German) or
text over, fullquote under (English), also known as top-posting or
jeopardy-style quoting; i.e. writing one's own text above the fully
quoted original message in replies to mails or newsgroup posts.
.
fullquottel performs several tests to decide whether the mail is a TOFU
mail or not. Each test produces a score. The final sum of the individual
test scores is compared to a threshold. If it is above it, the mail is
classified as TOFU mail ('Fullquottel' is returned). Further more, the
score itself is returned as a number and as a row where each score point
produces one *. Each test can be customized via a config file or on the
command line.
.
Homepage: http://www.toastfreeware.priv.at/
Is this clear enough in your opinion?
You're still continuing the short description in the long description.
Or at least it reads that way.
First, I'd suggest striking the term TOFU from the short description;
top-post is perfectly clear. Along with some re-wording, that'd leave
something like this:
Recognizes top-posted email and usenet replies
Now, for the long description:
Fullquottel performs several tests to determine if a message is written
in the top-post (TOFU) style: The full response above and a full quote
of the original message below.
.
Each test is customizable and yeilds a score. Fullquottel sums the
scores and returns that sum in several forms useful for sorting email.
.
Homepage: http://www.toastfreeware.priv.at/
Now, I've cut a good deal of etymology from that long description, but I
honestly don't think it belongs there. Also, I'm not completely
satisfied with that wording, so hopefully -l10n-english can be of aid.
So, what exactly is tofu mail? I've never heard of it, and Google (with
all of 271 results, the first one being your ITP) seems not have have
heard either.
My Google presents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting as the 7th link
;-)
Apparently, my putting tofu mail in quotes when searching Google is
why I didn't get any results... but I guess that means no one uses the
term like that
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Bug#356375: Please include a better description
Package: fullquottel Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Long descriptions are supposed to stand on their own, w/o the short description. Please explain the term 'tofu mail' in the long description. Second, the short description is confusing: Tool for recognizing mails/postings in tofu/top-posting style 'mails/postings' seems to actually mean 'mails and postings', one would assume then that 'tofu/top-posting' means 'tofu and top-posting'. So, what exactly is tofu mail? I've never heard of it, and Google (with all of 271 results, the first one being your ITP) seems not have have heard either. - -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (130, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-amd64-k8-smp Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEEu3z+z+IwlXqWf4RAkN8AJ0XtOMR+7IO0N5XdxcxGAy8IDCsFwCfeGtY vC3YDIP0fMMg+Vhwi4PAm5g= =ZQHz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
