Re: Top Posting....

Michael Weiner wrote:

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David Curry wrote:

Phil Labonte wrote:

To quote the Wikipedia definition:
"Top-posting is considered improper by some OLDER DEFINITIONS of
Internet etiquette since it breaks down the flow of the thread:"

It's time to embrace change, change is good. Top posting gis here to
stay especially because of GMAIL and outlook...

Then feel free to look for fedora support on a mail-list that accepts
your preferred etiquette.

This is an old thread, rather pointless,

Hardly.  It's point is to communicate

when one doesnt have a
netiquette guide to show a new user. And i tend to agree, grow up,

When are you going to implement that advice?

this
is 2005, that guide is over 15 years old,

So?  Its longevity speaks volumes about its functionality.

and html will NEVER go away.
People need to get with the curve, html is neither evil nor bad, and
using it is absolutely proper. If a list has specific RULES, then they
need to be posted where others can see it and choose to abide or not.
The recipients DONT have to read it if they choose not to, but to tell
someone to bugger off because you have to spend an extra 2 moments
formatting YOUR response back to the user,

ALL time donated by the fedora experts on this list in trying to help others is an outright gift to not only the questioner, but to everyone else reading the Q & A. Why should these experts spend any time WHATSOEVER on responding to a message from someone who does not have the grace (and intelligence) to try to submit their questions in a form acceptable to the expert(s) they are seeking help from. The more people who do so, the more those experts can help.

is really YOUR issue, not the
initial poster's.

Can we PLEASE KILL THIS THREAD - this is a loosing argument, when both
sides have proper and valid arguments.

The thread will fade away when people like you adopt and support the list conventions that have prevailed for some time.

Get over it, and get back to the issues at hand - HELPING USERS IN THE
COMMUNITY.

Why don't you take your own advice to "get over it" and support list conventions that will help the experts help less knowledgeable users.