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<I>Tue Mar 20 08:04:45 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:58:47 +1100
Patricia Fraser wrote:
><i> Hi folks,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Could I ask everyone please: don't top-post replies to the list?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> As of today, I won't be doing it any more; I've always hated it, and
</I>><i> I'm done putting up with it; I'll be trimming your replies to me
</I>><i> ruthlessly and answering inline, and I'll explain why I'd like all of
</I>><i> the marcom team to follow suit.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> What's wrong with top-posting?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> * It makes messages difficult to read when the answer comes before the
</I>><i> question - this is important not only to the original poster and
</I>><i> the responder, but to everyone else on the list. Not all of us are
</I>><i> native English speakers; we have to be clear and keep the extra
</I>><i> waffle to a minimum.
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</I>><i> * It means the top-poster is less likely to trim (this does matter.
</I>><i> There are still many people around the world stuck on dialup with
</I>><i> very low data quotas), and subsequent top-posters are then also less
</I>><i> likely to trim;
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</I>><i> * It's going to be seen as rude on plenty of mailing lists, which is
</I>><i> absolutely not how we want people to see Mageia's marketing reps.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Please post your replies in-line, underneath the point you're
</I>><i> replying to, and trim any parts of the original message(s) that you
</I>><i> aren't replying to.
</I>
And please, to improve readability _do_ leave an empty line between your
contribution and any preceding or following segment, it makes it so much
easier to pick out new parts in inline postings.
John NZ
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