SOTL wrote:
It must be great to have so little to do and so few problems as to wine about
top posting vs bottom posting.
Please in the future do it on some other list and do not spam this one.
Just remember that you said that and step in when appropriate
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro
Best if you remove enough so that the ENTIRE content can be viewed on
one screen.
Keith Bates wrote:
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:54:13 -0700
James McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, is there an official list of 'rules' for this list, somewhere?
Replying
When replying to other people
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
SOTL wrote:
It must be great to have so little to do and so few problems as to
wine about top posting vs bottom posting.
Please in the future do it on some other list and do not spam this one.
Just remember that you said that and step in when appropriate
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 12:12 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
SOTL wrote:
It must be great to have so little to do and so few problems as to
wine about top posting vs bottom posting.
Please in the future do it on some other list and do not spam
I agree!
You were right about this topic being religious in nature. May I suggest
a rule of thumb:
If you do not like top posting, do not respond. Likewise for those to
whom bottom posting is an anathema, do not respond. The net result is
that everyone should be happy.
I agree!
I've been away for a few days, so missed this thread (though I'm sure
there's nothing new in it). I won't read them all, but felt the need to
top-post a reply on principle. :-)
tc
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on the bottom,
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on the bottom, where, on
this list, it belongs.
On this list, it is a religous issue based on personal preference. I
always love it when someone flames some unsuspecting soul for not
I started this discussion when I replied to a long unclipped post had a
off-topic
response telling the sender to bottom post. I latter asked who says you have to
bottom post on this list.
On 20 Aug 2006 at 18:07, Chris BONDE wrote:
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Sometimes a top post is better, especially, if
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
Best if you remove enough so that the ENTIRE content can be viewed on
one screen.
Yep. I think that trimming out the inappropriate text should always be
done.
BTW, I did find a Request for Comment (these are the 'rules' that govern
the Internet) and it did not
Larry Gusaas wrote:
[Comments given off the list.]
I started this discussion when I replied to a long unclipped post had a
off-topic
response telling the sender to bottom post. I latter asked who says you have
to
bottom post on this list.
You know how to irritate people. ;-)
Regards,
KP.
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From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:47 AM
To: users@openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [users] Top PostingBottom Posting...We do
bottom posting here
Indeed
Kirill S. Palagin wrote:
You know how to irritate people. ;-)
Regards,
And they never seem to know what to do when you post comments
throughout a response, or even worse, add footnotes and then
reference them from the bottom..
+1
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James
McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on
the bottom, where, on this
list, it belongs.
On this list, it is a religous issue based on personal preference. I
always love it when someone flames some
On Saturday 19 August 2006 19:03, Joe Conner wrote:
+1
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on the bottom, where, on this
list, it belongs.
On this list, it is a religous issue based on personal preference. I
always love it
Larry Gusaas wrote:
Who says you can only bottom post on this list?
You know, I don't know. But I top posted and was jumped on off-list. I
really did not like this.
And in a technical list like this, I really like reading a message from
the BOTTOM to the TOP. I belong to several
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on the bottom, where, on this
list, it belongs.
On this list, it is a religous issue based on personal preference. I
always love it when someone flames some unsuspecting soul for not
knowing
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:54:13 -0700
James McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Larry Gusaas wrote:
Who says you can only bottom post on this list?
So, is there an official list of 'rules' for this list, somewhere?
http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html
Replying
When replying to
Who says you can only bottom post on this list?
On 17 Aug 2006 at 19:28, James McKenzie wrote:
Larry Gusaas wrote:
Please don't top post.
I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your
opinionated comment which is totally unrelated to the subject.
I made this
being a list nazi is counterproductive folks. If you want
to avoid the lack of nettiquette avoid the list.
--
Michael
Agreed. These discussions kind of eat up bandwidth :-)
Jon
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James McKenzie wrote:
So, I fixed your top post so that it was on the bottom, where, on this
list, it belongs.
On this list, it is a religous issue based on personal preference. I
always love it when someone flames some unsuspecting soul for not
knowing better.
Personally, I HATE bottom
And they never seem to know what to do when you post comments throughout
a response, or even worse, add footnotes and then reference them from
the bottom...
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Larry Gusaas wrote:
Please don't top post.
I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your opinionated
comment
which is totally unrelated to the subject.
On 17 Aug 2006 at 23:53, Primm wrote:
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James McKenzie wrote:
Larry Gusaas wrote:
Please don't top post.
I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your opinionated comment
which is totally unrelated to the subject.
On 17 Aug 2006 at 23:53, Primm wrote:
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Richard Detwiler wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
?? What the heck is this all about?
Since I joined this list, I've seen several postings about top vs.
bottom postings. All of the OpenOffice.org mailing lists use bottom
posting when adding new information. I have been on
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:55:20 -0400
Richard Detwiler wrote:
James McKenzie wrote:
Larry Gusaas wrote:
Please don't top post.
I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your
opinionated comment which is totally unrelated to the subject.
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