[Namron] Excessive replies

[Matthias the Brewer]

Yeah.  What Donnchadh said.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: namron-bounces at ansteorra.org [mailto:namron-bounces at ansteorra.org]On
Behalf Of Donnchadh
  Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:15 AM
  To: Grimmie; Barony of Namron
  Subject: Re: [Namron] Excessive replies


  I have to agree with Grimmie here.

  So long as the new message is at the top, then it doesn't cause any extra
work for the reader.  If you don't need the rest of the conversation, just
ignore what is below the sig.  On the other hand, it makes it very
convienent for some readers to have the full thread of the conversation.  I
also feel that it is much easier to take things out of context when
selecting little snipets to quote.  If people are putting their comments at
the bottom of the thread, or their sig is at the bottom of the thread where
you have to scroll through the entire thing just to make sure you've read
everything, then I can understand the frustration.  But in that case, I feel
that the solution is to put anything new (including the sig) at the top of
the message, not deleting the rest of the conversation.

  And yes, I realize that I am doing right now exactly what Ulf is talking
about.  I'm not doing it out of spite, lazyness, or because I haven't given
it any thought.  I'm doing it this way because a really think this is the
proper way to do things.


  Respectfully,
  Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair
  Barony of Namron
  Honorable Brotherhood of Brewers, Mazers, and Vintners

  --
  Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)


  ---------- Original Message -----------
  From: "Grimmie" <ldgrimhun at cox.net>
  To: "Barony of Namron" <namron at ansteorra.org>
  Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:36:21 -0500
  Subject: Re: [Namron] Excessive replies

  > I hate some to send a message and I have to go look
  > for the email that they are referencing  to see what they
  > are talking about. I do not save email list postings so
  > I have to go to the website to see what they are talking
  > about or I ignore the email because they deleted
  > the quote of the email they are replying to.  That is
  > what a reply is for. Set your email program to put
  > your post at the top not bottom.
  > Ron Dawdy
  > Grimhun
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Ulf Gunnarsson" <ulfie at cox.net>
  > To: <namron at ansteorra.org>
  > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:14 AM
  > Subject: [Namron] Excessive replies
  >
  > > 190 messages in the last two weeks.  Don't you people watch TV or
  > > something?
  > >
  > > As I stated at populace meeting, I have no authority on this mailing
  > > list (must be the green kryptonite...)  But it is polite to TRIM
  > > messages when replying, especially the mailing list stuff that show up
  > > at the bottom of each message.  I also consider it a good thing to
trim
  > > out the reply to the reply to the reply... except where such addition
is
  > > necessary to the argument or content of YOUR message.
  > >
  > > One of you has (successfully) argued with me that it is necessary
  > > sometimes to keep not just one level back but possible more of the
  > > previous levels of replies in order for the message to be understood.
  > > The majority of the items in the past two weeks where this has been
done
  > > really didn't fall into that category.
  > >
  > > Be kind.  Please trim the crap off the end of things you reply to.
Leave
  > > out unnecessary replies to replies.  And remember that this list
serves
  > > as a window from the modern world to our Society and our Barony.  A
  > > little ki-i-i-i-dding is funny, but let's not let it get to the point
  > > that we need an Adult Verification System to sign up for the list.
  > > Please?
  > >
  > > I am also going to irritate a few people in a few minutes.  I made a
  > > list of everyone that replied to a reply to a messages, or replies to
  > > those, or etc... that did NOT trim the old stuff out.  Why?  Because I
  > > used to be a herald, and we make lists of things. Twenty people did at
  > > least a reply to a reply without trimming it up.  Ten did it at least
  > > three times.  There were two people that had SIX layers of replies in
  > > their message.
  > >
  > > I am sending an email to seven people who did it at least four times
in
  > > the past two weeks.  Most are good friends of mine.  Sorry, guys, love
  > > you but... things have gotten excessive.  Take this as advice, 'kay?
  > >
  > > Baron Ulf
  > >
  > >
  > > _______________________________________________
  > > Namron mailing list
  > > Namron at ansteorra.org
  > > http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron
  > _______________________________________________
  > Namron mailing list
  > Namron at ansteorra.org
  > http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/namron
  ------- End of Original Message -------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/namron-ansteorra.org/attachments/20040426/387097c1/attachment-0004.htm>