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[Pan-users] Re: top posting
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Lenroc |
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[Pan-users] Re: top posting |
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Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:22:13 -0700 |
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Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) |
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:15:07 -0700, Anthony wrote:
> However, when one is developing an argument or train of thought which
> isn't directly a reply to something previously written, and one wants to
> keep the previously written material for context, top posting is
> appropriate. References in papers are footnotes, not headnotes, and
> similarly, top-posting draws the attention to the new content, while
> leaving the old content available for reference or context.
But if it's not directly a reply, it shouldn't be posted as such.
New thoughts get new threads, or at least don't need to fully quote the
material before them.
If you're going off on a tangent, quote the one line (or so) that made you
think it, then type your response below it...
--
Lenroc
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