On 15 December 2011 21:17, gt <codered12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello folks, i'll probably get flamed for reviving a very controversial, > yet consistently brought up topic. > > I have seen a similar thread last year, and every other day, someone > points out to someone that top posting is bad. > > I was off the list for a while, and now when i came back, the story is > still the same. > > I know top posting is bad, and i too sometimes preach people to avoid > it. But from what i've seen, most of the times, people don't bother, or > simply don't know what's wrong. > > Instead of having top-posting related mails in every thread, there > should be a better way out. > > I suggest all of the top-posting haters should including one of these > links or similar in their signatures. > > http://idallen.com/topposting.html > > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > > Also, we can have a forum and mailing list etiquette drive for a few > days, with mention in the arch linux news, the mailing list, and setting > it as the topic in the irc channel also. > > I know this is probably overkill, but it'll probably inform a lot more > people about these issues than some stray posts in every other thread. > > PS: Since arch is always ahead of the other distros in adopting new > stuff and bringing about change, let's be the first ones to spread some > netiquette. > This so much. I didn't understand top posting was bad for along time until someone exploded at me. Now I realize what a jerk I was. A little bit of education goes a LONG way. :-) Calvin Morrison
