Re: [SLE] Top posting (WAS: Re: [SLE] Printing quality)
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 2:57 pm, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:37:52 -0500 "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@acm.org> wrote:
"Inclusion practice is still evolving, and disputes over the ___correct___ inclusion style occasionally lead to holy wars."
Yes I know, but the prefered inclusion style that is advocated in that chapter (still evolving) have been: (1) used on and off the Net for a long time (before the invasion of AOL'ers), and (2) tried and tested. I have personally used that style since the early BBS days and later, Usenet.
If this is to be a newbie-friendly list, it seems unwise to presume that people are intimately familiar with several thousand RFCs.
No I don't presume that they have read any- that is why I am always polite and point to the source material for readinng. Before one goes out driving, one should know the rules of the road- same with the Internet.
Charles, I assume your post (lowering the quotation level in the above by one) is an example of what you consider to be correct practice -- right? Personally, I think it's a good example. It flows naturally and is easy to understand. Paul Abrahams
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:19:43 -0500 "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@acm.org> wrote:
Charles, I assume your post (lowering the quotation level in the above by one) is an example of what you consider to be correct practice -- right?
Yes. I like to trim my quotes and use a conversational style. I think this leads a more readable message and also save money for people who have to pay for bandwidth by the minute.
Personally, I think it's a good example. It flows naturally and is easy to understand.
My point exactly. Charles -- "Are [Linux users] lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of reliable, well-engineered commercial software?" (By Matt Welsh)
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