Re: IPC-2581

On Oct 8, 5:34=A0am, Oliver Betz <ob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Brad Velander" wrote:
> > =A0 =A0Where is the relevance of your references? Who created and
voted=
 on
> >those references?
>
> unim****tant. These references IMNSHO don't need to be "external"
> justifications. It's up to you to understand the idea and decide
> whether to follow.
>
> > They are a fools attempt to control and restrict something
>
> nack. They thought about politeness and efficiency.
>
> >that in it's inception was intended to be open and unrestricted by
peopl=
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>
> it's less a question of "restrict" but more of being polite.
>
> I agree that top posting, maybe even with a full quote is _impolite_
> to the recipient of a message (because those postings are inefficient
> to read).
>
> Since there are many recipients, the sender should spend some work on
> the message.
>
> BTW: This includes also proper formatting. I don't like to be pressed
> to trim lines when I reply. I ask a new poster _once_ to set his news
> client correctly. Next time I simply don't reply even if I could
> commit something useful.

This is exactly why I stopped worrying about whether everyone top
posts and trims or not.  The incessant reminders have the potential of
turning every thread into an argument over religious beliefs on top/
bottom posting.

CBF, I have to ask, is it really helping?