Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Can we PLEASE not have this argument? It's literally as old as email itself, and totally futile. Drop it. Now. Jacob On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Wim Lewis wrote: > > On 4 Jun 2013, at 12:00 PM, Daniele Procida wrote: >> * quote what needs to be quoted for context >> *

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Wim Lewis
On 4 Jun 2013, at 12:00 PM, Daniele Procida wrote: > * quote what needs to be quoted for context > * don't quote anything that doesn't need to be quoted This is, I think, the most useful/important point. There's no need to include a whole string of previous messages in later ones; this isn't

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Michael Manfre
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Yo-Yo Ma wrote: > Thoughts? > > I think we should all continue to write messages the way we deem best on an email by email basis. The content of the message is more important than whether we reply above or below and it's basically

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Daniele Procida
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013, Yo-Yo Ma wrote: >If you're posting to this list by logging in to https://groups.google.com/ >rather than via email, I'd like to propose that you write your reply above >the quoted message to which you're replying. I think that would be a bad

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Yo-Yo Ma
Certainly, when a user is replying to portions of a quoted text separately (as Russel often does) it is helpful to break up the quoted text into actionable sections and reply below each. However, when a user is simply clicking the "Post Reply" button, chances are, it's going to be easier to

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Javier Guerra Giraldez
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Yo-Yo Ma wrote: > Thoughts? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- Javier -- You received this

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Andre Terra
I think I just posted a quick reply and I wasn't sure whether to quote above or below, but from now on I'll be glad to post in the way that provides easier readability for everyone. For long proposals, I'll keep replying below quotes for exactly the same reason. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:18 PM,

Re: Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Donald Stufft
On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Yo-Yo Ma wrote: > If you're posting to this list by logging in to https://groups.google.com/ > rather than via email, I'd like to propose that you write your reply above > the quoted message to which you're replying. If you do this, the

Meta-Proposal: Write *above* quotations in mailing list replies

2013-06-04 Thread Yo-Yo Ma
If you're posting to this list by logging in to https://groups.google.com/ rather than via email, I'd like to propose that you write your reply above the quoted message to which you're replying. If you do this, the digest emails that most subscribers get will be easily previewable from their