On 29/03/09 17:49, Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado wrote:
>
> Saluton Teemu :)
>
> On Sun 29 Mar 2009 09:40 +0200, Teemu Likonen<[email protected]> dixit:
>>> For the non-believers, Matt is correct:
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information
>>
>> I have to say that from the 50 (or so) mailing lists or newsgroups
>> that I read regularly this list is the most unreadable one. I'm not
>> sure why people on other lists tend to write more readable messages
>> and have more time to trim their quotations. They just somehow
>> understand that they get more readers when they spend a little more
>> time editing their messages to be easy-to-read for a wider audience.
>
> I must say that while this list is, by far, the most polite and
> civiliced group I've ever been subscribed to, it is the most difficult
> to read, too: I have to agree with you. My main problem is with top
> posting and untrimmed quotations.
Maybe emails would be more homogeneously formatted if we systematically
gave scathing dessing-downs to anyone deviating from the rules. But do
we want to? I mean, what do we prefer? Civilized language or adherence
to the rules? I'm not sure we can have both.
>
>> But thank you for having patience to point people to the policy. I'm
>> too lazy for that and I just skip the messages that are difficult and
>> too slow to figure out. A couple of times I have "killfiled" an author
>> because of continuously writing waste-of-time messages (that is, from
>> my point of view). I don't mean to offend anybody; I just choose what
>> to do with my time.
>
> I don't see any offence in what you say: it's your time. I do more or
> less the same, because my time is limited, so I delete without reading
> any message with four pages of quotations, topposting or both, except if
> coming from a couple of particular members whose answers are always
> worth the extra effort. If someone doesn't spend time in their messages, I
> don't see why I should spend time reading them. It's not a matter of
> offending or punishing anyone, it's just that time is not free.
:-) Whether you read all posts, just those that follow the list's
posting standards, or just those whose subjects draw your attention, is
entirely your choice. Nothing offensive in that. But people should
realize that clear subject lines, clear text, and adherence to the
list's posting and trimming standards, all increase your chances of
getting a prompt, useful and to-the-point answer.
>
> I tend to write long messages, it's a bad habit I cannot avoid :(, but I
> understand if nobody reads them and answers. As I said, it's a matter of
> time.
>
> Whenever I have more time, I relax my policies a bit, but having extra
> time is unusual, so...
>
Best regards,
Tony.
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