On 9 Oct 2013, at 7:06, MiB wrote:
What's up with the top posting…?
I'll start by saying that, as you can tell here, I'm personally a fan of interleaved replies as opposed to top-posting, and I even indicated that preference in the list policies (http://css-discuss.org/policies.html). Note, however, that the policies do not REQUIRE one reply style or another. They simply make clear a preference, and the possibility of actual administrative action if a poster does not trim quoted material, whatever their reply style. In the past, I sent people offline notes asking them to trim their quoted material, but I have not been doing this of late as I concentrate on pressing family matters. It's interesting that top-posting and lack of quote trimming has also risen of late, but of course correlation is not causation. I'll try to resume my past habit of offline notes, but cannot credibly commit to a consistent campaign; see previous comment about family matters. Please note that this thread should NOT become an argument about "proper" reply styles. It's as fruitless as tabs vs. spaces, Mac vs. Windows, etc., etc., etc, and we've always striven to avoid such "Holy Wars" on this list because they're inevitably more noise than signal. All I ask is that, whatever your reply style, you trim the quoted material to include only that which is relevant and absolutely necessary to your reply, and no more. Thank you.
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