From: Julian <tempura@internode.on.net>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: top posting?
Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 10:41:19 +1000
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On 07/05/13 04:15, Craig James wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, I see comments like this all the time:
>
>> (*please* stop top-posting).
So people can...
> I've been participating in newsgroups since UUCP days, and I've never
> encountered a group before that encouraged bottom posting. Bottom
> posting has traditionally been considered rude -- it forces readers to
> scroll, often through pages and pages of text, to see a few lines of
> original material.
...dissect...
> The most efficient strategy, one that respects other members' time, is
> to briefly summarize your point at the TOP of a posting, then to
> *briefly* quote only the relevant parts of the post to which you are
> replying, and bottom-post after the quoted text. That lets your reader
> quickly see if it's relevant or not, and move on to the next post.
...and comment...
> Contributors in these newsgroups seem to think it's OK to quote five
> pages of someone else's response, then add one or two sentences at the
> bottom ... it's just laziness that forces readers to wade through the
> same stuff over and over in each thread.
..where appropriate and...
> How did the Postgres newsgroups get started with this "only bottom post"
> idea?
---------------SNIP---------------
...*snip* where appropriate. I actually prefer it as it linear in
reference to time.
I top post for FWD.
Regards,
Jules.
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