[Klug-general] Mailing list etiquette, again (was: The other side of sympathy

[George Prowse]

Shish wrote:
> My initial reaction to this was "WTF? Is this spam? It seems to be a
> collection of out of order / totally unrelated messages, posted as a
> new thread with a randomly generated title o_O"
> 
> 
> To explain:
> 
>> [Klug-general] The other side of sympathy
> 
> Is a new thread, started as a reply to an existing one. And not only a
> new thread, but with a new title (even though the existing title of
> "Folkestone Earthquake Appeal" was fine). And not only a new thread
> with a new title, but a title which makes no sense without the context
> of the existing thread (which there's no way to link it to)
> 
> 
>> Oh yuk, actually yuk yuk  :-). It was generally the lesser corner of 
>> bedsitland that copped it the most although there was damage all over 
>> the town.
> 
> Say what? Out of context, this seems to be a collection of random
> words. I've seen spam make more sense...
> 
> But a-ha, there IS context! The context is just placed *after* the
> message it gives context to:
> 
>> I saw that list of requested relief items when the Birmingham tornado hit.
>> It's a classic and I am sure will be edited for all future natural
>> disasters in the UK.
>> I can't wait for a real life 'The Day After Tomorrow' as it will make
>> for a very interesting news day.
> 
> Two messages at the same level of indentation read as though they are
> a single message, reading it as such is very confusing. AND it's top
> posted, so the second paragraph of this seemingly-single message is
> actually supposed to be read before the first!
> 
> 
> ] > short quote to establish context
> ] 
> ] reply to quote
> ] 
> ] > short quote to establish context
> ] 
> ] reply to quote
> 
> is *so* much easier to read than
> 
> ] reply to message
> ] 
> ] message which comes before reply
> ] 
> ] > entire message
> ] >
> ] >> unrelated quote
> ] >>
> ] >> mailing list sig
> ] > mailing list sig
> ] mailing list sig
> ] mailing list sig
> 
>     -- Shish
> 
What a load of rubbish, stop having a go over such a trivial thing such 
as this mistake.

George