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Re: LDraw not to sell CD-ROM at Kidvention in July & Misc CD-ROM issues
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Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:13:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> tim@zacktron.com (Tim Courtney) writes:
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> > Jonathan - [...] I just noticed a few of the one liner questions
> > which have caused so many problems in the past. I'm encouraging
> > you to stick with using a signature to sign your messages [...]
>
> Tim, I have to disagree with you again. If there is something which
> is more annoying than a person posting a one-line-reply, it is a
> person posting a one-line-reply _and_ five automatically inserted
> signature lines.
I see your point. It does depend on if the one-liner is an
intelligent statement/question or if its ill-phrased and adds little
value.
> I have never heard any rules of netiquette which suggest that one
> _should_ use a signature. In stead, standard netiquette typically say
> that a signature should be as short as possible. A typical rule of
> thumb is that a signature should be no longer than four lines.
> Further, there should be a signature separator between the body of the
> message (what you type in manually) and the signature. The signature
> separator is "-- " (with newline on either side).
Perhaps what I meant and should have said would be more along the
lines of having the person sign their name instead.
> The other part of your message I agree with, though. It does
> typically make it easier for people reading a thread if you quote just
> so much text to make the context clear. It can sometimes be a bit
> difficult to decide just how much quoted text to include. Personally,
> I lean towards quoting as little as possible, as it is very easy with
> some client software to retrieve the parent article of the one you are
> reading.
Yes.
> Always quoting all the text of the parent article is a sure fire way
> to annoy people in the long run, and should mostly be avoided.
I'd agree. I like to intersperse my comments between quoted text, and
kill the irrelevant stuff. Sometimes depending on the length of the
message and all, I'll write a reply before a full quote, but not very
often.
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
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