I'm not the one to make the decision, but I'm pretty sure this is off-topic - I wasn't going to respond because of this, and that I interpreted the tone as overtly confrontational from the get go. However, I have a feeling that, if an official policy were to be put into place, this conversation may influence it, so I'd like to give my two cents.
I reply at the top because I feel it is easier to read, not only during the conversation, but in the archived format. It is not user friendly, in my opinion, to do a google search for a question and, upon finding an archived list response, having to scroll down through a quoted reply to find the response - I prefer to see the responses at the top of their respective blocks. It is this that most strongly influenced my decision to *always* reply in this way (not just on discussion lists, but in my personal and work emails as well). Now, that being said, if there are specific points that are being addressed in a reply, I can certainly see the benefit to quoting those in your reply (replying inline is what I believe this is called). Moving forward, absent an official policy, I will do my best to remember to reply inline when appropriate. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Philip Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > MiB wrote: > > > I guess it's your kind of common courtesy to repost private email > > correspondence that you initiated offlist yourself. Why not respond > > to the similar posts I made to the list instead? Very strange. > > Out of respect for list policies ("Avoid[ing] Personal Conflict on > Mailing Lists."), I will not respond to this on-list. > > Philip Taylor > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [[email protected]] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > -- Chris Rockwell ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
