Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:45:59 -0500 From: David Leimbach <leimbacd@bellsouth.net> To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>, Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MT: top-posting Message-ID: <01072919455901.00988@mutt.home.net> In-Reply-To: <20010729160210.B7123@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> References: <15203.62084.40909.149342@guru.mired.org> <20010729160210.B7123@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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> > I agree with Mike wholeheartedly!! You guys that are too obstinate to get > with the program are going straight to /dev/null on my system! > That's your decision > I mostly lurk this list to learn as much as possible. An interesting > thread begins -- everything is going along smoothly, i.e., > question, reply, another question, reply -- one after the other so that > aperson can follow the sequence of events (and screw-ups), then some > freaking yahoo top-posts, and the subsequent comments/replies are > bottom-posted. THEN we have one hell of a mess!! What the hell is so hard > to understand about THAT! Nothing. > > Look... as far as I'm concerned, it's not that top-posting is inherently > a "bad thing". The problem occurs when a thread has a combo of top AND > bottom posting. Have it *all* top-post or bottom-post -- I don't give a > shit; but let's not mix the two! Let's agree on a standard and stick to > it. You contrary sons-of-bitches who exist only to make life > miserable/hard on others and consistently insist in going against the > grain --- guru or not, you'll be in my bit bucket as quick as I can hit > the <Del> key. Or you could moderate the list like a USENET newsgroup. Or force people to use a webform to submit answers/questions through. Or create an app that forces compliance to this standard. Until that happens you will always have newbie "sons-of-bitches" who don't realize that this is considered bad form to the list veterans. > > Mike, I've had a "postponed" message on my system for a month or so, > wondering whether or not I should *again* broach the issue. Glad you > spoke up! Bottom line though -- how are we going to resolve this? Is > having a vote feasible? I don't think we need to vote. We just need to get the word out that this is what we want! Dave [I pretty much agree that the format I just used is far more informative. The arguments against top/bottom posting are clear and good... I will try to conform to this style as much as possible... ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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