Apology for the noise.
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Best,
David Laakso

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:14 PM, David Laakso <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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>>
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