Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Top Posting... Can we have an LO Mailing List Guidelines Page?

-sigh- let's see if I can get this attribution thing
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On 2011-09-08, Tom Davies wrote:
> On Thu, 8/9/11, Ken Springer <snowshed1@q.com> wrote:
> > On 9/8/11 11:37 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
> > > On 2011-09-08 11:14 AM Tom Davies wrote:
> > >
> > > > Interspersing or bottom-posting ensures that every message needs to be
> > > > scrolled through unless people delete all the stuff that is irrelevant
> > > > (in their opinion, which 'might not' be the same as the opinion of the
> > > > person reading). Top posting means that most emails can be read
> > > > without any scrolling at all.
> > >
> > > Not true. You have to scroll down to see what is being responded to then
> > > scroll back up to see the response. Since you do not include proper
> > > attribution marks for the posts you respond to, the immediate message
> > > you respond to appears to be written by you.

Well, I guess if someone has a pretty damn good short term memory, then
we really don't need any context at all. That's right, we need ... erm,
what was I talking about again?

> > Larry has just presented two other problems with top-posting.
>
> No, he didn't.  He just showed that he has not read any of the posts
> yet as his arguments are already countered in previous posts.

What was exactly your argument to support lack of proper
citation/attribution marks?

> Besides it doesn't matter how strong the argument against top-posting
> might be.  The fact is that it is widely used especially by office
> workers.  Do we want to stop office workers from using LibreOffice? 
> Alienating them would be a good way to get them to stay with whatever
> else they already use. 

Maybe we should instead teach office workers to use e-mail correctly.

> Betamax was a better format than VHS but it lost the battle for
> acceptance and now the argument is irrelevant anyway.  Perhaps it is
> similar with bottom posting.  It might be better but almost no-one in
> our target markets use it (note the "almost" there).  Most people
> would rather use forums anyway as mailing lists are ancient and
> out-dated. 

Unlike betamax and VHS, top-posted emails and bottom-posted emails are
both readable by the same kind of client, so that analogy won't work.

With betamax and VHS, unless you buy a VCR that supports both, or two
VCRs, you get to stick with the choice you made and you can't use the
other format.

> So, do we want to go the route of betamax, ie obscurity, or do we want
> to get LibreOffice out there and being used? 


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Can't you at least delete signatures?

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