On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Chris Rockwell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/
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