Re: [OT] Posting styles (was: printer Kyocera FSC-5100DN)
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 02:18:48PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:47:51 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 02:58:24PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> >> A bottom posting style does not mean "all the stuff goes to the
> >> >> bottom"
> >> >
> >> > Yes it does! That is what bottom posting is.
> >>
> >> No sir, is just the name what is misleading. "Bottom posting" also
> >> applies for an inline style. Regardless its name, the main idea remains
> >> the same: the reply goes below of the text you are responding.
> >
> > So what's it called when you plonk everything at the bottom, oops sorry,
> > at the very end? End posting?
>
> That's also "bottom posting". No need to reinvent the wheel all the time.
But you said above, and I quote:
'A bottom posting style does not mean "all the stuff goes to the bottom"
and now you are saying in response to
"So what's it called when you plonk everything at the bottom, oops
sorry, at the very end? End posting?"
That's also "bottom posting".
Huh??
But wait, there is more:
in response to:
"There is also "conversation style" or "interleaved style" which is the
tried and proven preferred way for mailing lists; i.e the style you and
many others use."
You say:
"That's also bottom posting" ;-)
> That's *your* own interpretation of a well-defined well-known concept and
Mine? If you look again at the Wikipedia article, it clearly says right
at the top:
***
The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline replying,
in which the different parts of the reply follow the relevant parts of
the original post), bottom-posting (in which the reply follows the
quote) or top-posting (in which the reply precedes the quoted original
message).
***
THREE different posting styles 1) interleaved 2) bottom 3) top
just like I said!
> everybody else understand for it, which BTW, has been referenced in this
^^^^^^^^^
Apparently not.
> same thread (by me), in a form of link to Wikipedia article about this
> issue:
If you reference something, at least make sure it helps *your* point and
not hinder it.
> ***
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Bottom-posting
> In the "bottom-posting" style, the reply is appended to a full or partial
> copy of the original message. The name bottom-posting is sometimes used
> for inline-style replies, and indeed the two formats are the same when
> only one point is being replied to.
> ***
That's all you could find?
Look up 'appended' in your English dictionary.
Obviously, if only one point is being replied to, then arguing over
whether it is inline or bottom style is ridiculous.
> > Therefore, it makes sense to have *THREE* different definitions.
> > correct?
>
> (...)
>
> Not at all when two of them (inline and bottom posting) share 99% of
> their features. Feel free to edit the Wikipedia article to match your own
> opinion ;-)
I don't need to edit it. It does match my opinion. You should read it
again and have a good English dictionary on hand while doing so.
Note: Whether you trim or not does not alter the type of posting.
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