On 14-May-08, at 12:45 PM, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam Gopalan wrote:
Bharathi Subramanian wrote:
PLEASE STOP TOP-POSTING TO THE LIST and REMOVE UNWANTED TEXT BEFORE
REPLY TO THE LIST. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, "WHAT IS TOP-POSTING?" PLEASE
READ THE "RFC 1855" FROM THE NET.
Ok.. here it goes again... While everyone is looking for being part
of community, getting more people to actually participate, why are
we struck in this archaic mode of making rules that no one except a
few really cares about?
being part of the community also means abiding by the rules of the
community - I am yet to come across a community without rules
I freely admit that I actually find top postings easier to read.. I
know the current status first and then to find history I can scroll
down as much as I want instead of scrolling every time.
I don't
As admin, you are of course at liberty to make up your rules.. but
can we look at those rules in an objective way and figure out if
the rules actually help the community?
Bharathi did not make the rules. An admin is not at liberty to make
rules. Rules have evolved by consensus - and strangely enough, the
rule against top posting *does* help the community
RFC 1855 was last updated on Oct 1995, when internet was the domain
of a select few... I am not saying old RFCs are invalid, but this
one is. It is talking about netiquette in Victorian times.
And driving rules were made long ago when only a few people had cars.
Now that every moron who can bribe the RTO gets a license to drive,
should the rules be changed because someone finds it easier to drive
wrong way on a one-way, overtake on curves, do cell-phone driving,
ride without a helmet ...
I think it is time we face the facts and decide where we should be
wasting our time and energy - Getting more people to switch to
Linux/FOSS and not use pirated MS software or stop people from
posting to ILUGC, hoping against hope that they might actually get
a reply whether it is top posted or bottom posted.
discipline is also part of the process - let the newcomers get into
the nix way of doing things as opposed to the unbridled anarchy of
the windoze world. btw, I find it much easier to reply to your posts
now that you have stopped top posting.
--
regards
kg
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