On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 19:01 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: I recently got back from holiday. I have found catching up on the list really > difficult because so many people now break threads and don't trim quotes, or, > even worse, do not quote at all. hyposensibilization might help > > What on earth am I to make of, for example: > Re Widgets <but not connected in any way to the thread>: > Yes, I quite agree, Stephen. But I find it helpful if you use the spade. > > Or when people do quote, person after person top quotes, interspersed with > people bottom quoting. Made worse by long paragraphs with no breaks. > > _Please_ people. The idea is that we should help each other and that that > help should be available in the archive for searchers to find. We need to be > both legible and comprehensible. |