[OT] Posting etiquette (was Problems with NRPE)
Joe Rhett
jrhett at isite.net
Tue Jan 13 23:30:08 CET 2004
> However, this is a technical forum, filled with lengthy messages
> containing lots of data, the understanding of which depends upon a
> grasp of the context of the discussion - i.e., the relevant portions of
> the previous messages in the thread - preferably without having to go
> back and read all the old messages one by one.
Top-posting does not require this, as the previous messages are included
in the original reply.
> Sometimes it makes sense to say "Here's the summary of my problem. I've
> appended config files, etc., to the end of this message." (A variant of
> top-posting.) But more often than not, I personally find it easier to
> follow a discussion if things are quoted in chronological order, first
> to last, with new comments at the end.
In detailed discussions, yes. But I am sick and tired of paging down
paging down paging down past stuff I have already read a dozen times.
> Your post was neither a one-sentence reply, nor did you trim the
> irrelevant parts of the message(s) you were quoting. Thus, your lengthy
> reply made no sense (to me) until scrolling down to see what you were
> replying to; and your overall post was 3 times as long as it needed to
> be, due to the inclusion of irrelevant stuff.
I'll pay attention to your content-nazi approach when less than half of
the messages posted to this list stop including the signatures and
advertising of the previous writer.
--
Joe Rhett Chief Geek
JRhett at Isite.Net Isite Services, Inc.
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