A Plea for sanity when posting to this list.
David
david at kenpro.com.au
Tue May 3 22:54:15 UTC 2005
Especially since this i such a busy list, is it possible for posters to
follow some simple sane rules for posting?
* Make your subject line relevant
* snip irrelevant material when replying
* change the subject line as the thread "evolves"
* keep it short, but complete
* don't top post
* avoid "amen to that" responses
* other things I haven't thought of?
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* Make your subject line relevant:
subject lines such as "A question", or "Can you help" are less likely to
get a good response than something like: "Wifi won't connect - Hoary"
* Snip irrelevant material when replying
Scrolling through 200 lines to find a single sentence response buried at
the bottom of a reply is a waste of time. Only repost what is relevant to
your reply.
* Change the subject line as the thread "evolves"
Recently there was a post that started as a discussion about poor
performance, and evolved into a discussion about hard drives and another
about optimizing. I missed most of the latter because I thought it was a
flame war! There is no rule that says that you can't CHANGE the subject to
reflect the new discussion.
* Keep it short, but complete
Posts like "my computer crashes" without supporting detail are not
helpful, but this is a busy list, so keep it short. If you aren't sure if
you are giving too much detail (logs, error messages etc), put it all at
the end so nobody is forced to wade through it.
* don't top post
Top posting makes discussion hard to follow. Snip anything from the
original post that it isn't relevant.
* Avoid "amen to that" responses
You don't HAVE to tell the world that you agree with someone, unless there
is a poll being taken. Recently I read through a huge reposting to
find "I agree" at the end.
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