Re: [OT] Posting styles -- Top vs Bottom
El 2012-04-01 a las 09:44 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió:
(sending back to the list)
> Camaleón wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:08:19 -0400, Celejar wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:55:31 +0200
>>> Tony van der Hoff<tony@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Before you started posting here, the polite thing to do would have been
>>>> to read the list guidelines, and apply them. Seeing as you appear too
>>>> intellectually challenged to find them for yourself, here is the link:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists#Posting_Rules.2C_Guidelines.2C_and_Tips
>>>>
>>>> Under the heading "Posting Rules, Guidelines, and Tips" you'll see the
>>>> entry:
>>>> "Respond in Interleaved style. Unnecessary quotes should be trimmed and
>>>> a question should precede an answer."
>>>>
>>>> Isn't that adequately clear? It isn't a question of individual
>>>> preferences, or your religious leanings, it's a list rule, to be obeyed
>>>> by all correspondents, which exists for the elucication of all.
>>>>
>>>> To quote:
>>>> "Why all these rules? Busy people spend valuable time monitoring lists
>>>> and responding to questions. The recommended practices make these
>>>> activities more efficient and pleasant."
>>> I'm not sure who writes these rules, and what their exact authority is,
>>> but the page itself acknowledges that it does not constitute "official
>>> information", and as others have noted, the official code of conduct
>>> does not specify posting style.
>> Those "rules" (I prefer to see them as "tips for good guidance") are
>> written by all of us, people like you or me, that is, people who
>> participate in the mailing lists.
>
> The question does raise two interesting points:
>
> - what IS the "official" process for setting rules (presumably, since
> the Debian project hosts these lists, and the servers they run on,
> somebody, through some process, has the authority to set rules for the
> lists, and post those rules to lists.debian.org) - but what are the
> details? anybody know?
I don't know, but the way this workes in other projects I've participated
these conventions are made and developed by their user members, which
includes all of us.
> - it turns out that there are TWO places that list rules of conduct for
> all Debian lists:
>
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ - which is silent on posting style
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMailingLists - which recommends interleaved posting,
> BUT points to the above as the "official rules of conduct"
>
> Somewhat confusing.
>
> Miles Fidelman
IMO, they both complement each other.
The only difference between "www.debian.org" and "wiki.debian.org" is
that normal users can edit the latter but only users with commit rights
can alter the former.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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