Re: Broken threads and missing quotations
On 9/23/13, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> 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 even worse, do not quote at all.
If you MUA has such a setting, I recommend about 70-chars line length
for emails, to minimise the "single word on next line after quoting
and wrapping" problem, seen above ..
> 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.
A good enigmatic find! Well done. I have long since given up trying to
read _every_ thread on d-u, focussing on those where I think I might
be able to help. Looks like I missed some humour, or enigmour at the
least :)
> Or when people do quote, person after person top quotes, interspersed with
> people bottom quoting. Made worse by long paragraphs with no breaks.
Or paragraphs just short enough without quoting, but begin wrapping
with even a single quotation level of indentation :)
> _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.
I agree.
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Perhaps another line could be added to the defaul MList sig, eg:
"DO NOT TOP POST - Please quote (only) enough context - Please avoid
breaking threads, new thread per topic. Refer netiquette.tld"
or something...
Cheers
Zenaan
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