On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:36 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
bruce wrote:
so... if i changed the wikipedia definition to allow top posting, and to say it should be used by everyone, would we all be happy!!!
to my mind I would think that if the majority of list suscribers prefer bottom posting to top posting then common curtosy should be all that is needed here. the rules on HTML mail go without saying.
Then why are you saying it?
Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
HTML mail has *no* place in the Linux world for technology lists... period! Zero tolerance... no deposit no return... thats just how it is.
Ah, it is all so clear now - The Rules(TM) according to you.
Why is what you find acceptable any more valid than what I do? I know that there is historical convention, but to blithely say that "This Is The Way It Is" with no authority and unable to cite anything except suggestions from Usenet doesn't really sway me.
Again, I prefer bottom posting and non-HTML messages, but I think it's silly to get all wound up about it when someone prefers top posting or HTML formatted. It's no skin off my nose and thus far it has presented no impediment to my reading of their messages. In the unlikely event that a message is so badly formatted that I can't read it, hey, the delete key works just fine on my keyboard. No reason to get upset.
Cheers, Thomas
honestly, I personally believe we get wound up about this simply because its a sidebar or pause from trying to ferret out problems with systems remotely that we don't have first hand knowledge about; an escape as it were to relieve the tension that builds up from trying to diagnose troubles. In plain words its a distraction. but thats just my two cents. Others' milage may vary.
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