Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1695 mails)

[Dan Goodman <dan.goodman@xxxxxxxx>]

Heinz Diehl wrote:
> On 15.07.2009, Peter Nikolic wrote:
>
>
> > ...what shall i do...
>
> You shall not fullquote just for to add 2 lines :-)
> ...
And you shalt use correct grammar when writing, but frankly, I recognize
that English isn't a first language for everyone, so I just overlook it.
I am more concerned with substance than style. :-)

But, having been personally flamed for having done something similar
recently, I am curious as to whether or not it (fullquoting when adding
a short bottom-post) is really an issue to most people, or just to a couple.

And I am talking about 75-150 lines max, not 1000.

Personally, I don't always have time to read everything that is here,
and I'd rather have to scan through a bit I don't need, in order to get
the context, than to have to trace back through the thread.

After all, you can get to the bottom with a either a single mouse move
or a short sequence of the same Page keystroke -- don't even have to
count how many...just do a few and you are at the bottom. For me, the
space bar will get me to the bottom in a fraction of a second.

So is it really an issue, or just another way to do a "tat" in response
to a "tit-for-tat"?

After all, there is no objective or algorithmic method for conclusively
determining what is relevant and what is not. So why not just leave a
couple of pages there?

I remember when download speeds were 30bps. And when a 10Mb hard drive
was a big improvement. In those days, brevity was well worth the time it
took. Today, time is in short supply for most people, and where simple
work-arounds exist, neither storage or download should ever be an issue
in a message of well under 10,000 characters.

So why should we take the time to trim a relatively small bit of text?

Just curious to find out if I am in fact out of step with the sentiment
of the group, or if such nit-picking is considered the best way to
maintain the readability of the list for the average reader?


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