Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.074 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.00; 'suppose': 0.07; 'contexts': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'style.': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'finney': 0.16; 'mean,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'unexpected': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "i've": 0.25; 'posts': 0.26; 'right.': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.27; 'errors': 0.30; 'mode': 0.30; 'especially': 0.30; 'posting': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'everywhere': 0.31; 'url:wikipedia': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'text': 0.33; 'objects': 0.35; 'culture': 0.36; 'received:com.au': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'corporation': 0.61; 'strictly': 0.61; "you'll": 0.62; 'show': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.65; 'worth': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'reply': 0.66; 'forums': 0.68; 'frequently': 0.68; 'rendering': 0.68; '8bit%:21': 0.69; 'received:125': 0.84; 'religion': 0.84; 'adopt': 0.91; 'contextual': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Newcomer Help Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:14:20 +1100 References: <22B9F56FF5BA4BC5B8260DE53F4709CC@dev.null> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: vmx15867.hosting24.com.au X-Public-Key-ID: 0xBD41714B X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 9CFE 12B0 791A 4267 887F 520C B7AC 2E51 BD41 714B X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9Tm+JgC2yR7gna1pnlSM6D5DkUs= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1392178509 news.xs4all.nl 2919 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47707 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:65993 Rustom Mody writes: > On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:19:53 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Hughey wrote: > > I suppose what you mean by "top posting" is replying to an email by > > entering a reply at the top That's right. Top-posting is wasteful of the reader's time while it also omits a lot of contextual information. > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > > Most people here prefer interleaved posting with significant trimming. It's worth pointing out that you will likely find the “interleaved posting with trimmed quotations” to be *acceptable* virtually everywhere on the internet. So it's a good practice to adopt for all such forums. > In other contexts eg corporates, often the culture is the opposite: > top-posting with strictly NO trimming. I've never found a corporation that objects to the sensible conversation-style, minimal-quotes-for-context interleaved posting style. > And one more suggestion: > Use text mode for your posts not html Yes, especially for technical forums where you'll need to frequently show *exactly* what text you mean, without unexpected rendering differences. -- \ “Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; | `\ those in philosophy only ridiculous.” —David Hume, _A Treatise | _o__) of Human Nature_, 1739 | Ben Finney