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| From | Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> |
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| Subject | Re: Newcomer Help |
| Date | 2014-02-12 15:14 +1100 |
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Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> 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
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Re: Newcomer Help Walter Hughey <wkhughey@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 11:49 -0500
Re: Newcomer Help Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 19:01 -0800
Re: Newcomer Help Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-12 15:14 +1100
Re: Newcomer Help Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-02-12 15:17 +0000
Re: Newcomer Help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 04:56 +1100
Re: Newcomer Help Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:07 +1100
Re: Newcomer Help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-13 08:22 +1100
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