Top Posting....

[David Curry]

Michael Weiner wrote:

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>David Curry wrote:
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>>Phil Labonte wrote:
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>>>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:"
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>>>It's time to embrace change, change is good. Top posting gis here to
>>>stay especially because of GMAIL and outlook...
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>>Then feel free to look for fedora support on a mail-list that accepts
>>your preferred etiquette.
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>This is an old thread, rather pointless, 
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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, 
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When are you going to implement that advice?

>this
>is 2005, that guide is over 15 years old,
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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, 
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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.
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>Can we PLEASE KILL THIS THREAD - this is a loosing argument, when both
>sides have proper and valid arguments.
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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.
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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.