RE: Top-Posting And Guideline 3.1

Chris Ridpath wrote:
<blockquote>
We could clarify exactly what is required to avoid top-posting and then
check all messages to this list to make sure they comply. Perhaps we
could exclude messages that used top-posting from the archive until they
were rewritten. Would that be a good thing?
</blockquote>
No.
Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Clark" <joeclark@joeclark.org>
To: "WAI-GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: Top-Posting And Guideline 3.1
>
> > we need to encourage participation, not discourage it. Such rules 
> > would serve [to] intimidate people away from posting
>
> Yeah, insisting that people not post 2^n quantities of text for n 
> messages is really gonna be a barrier.
>
> If you can't figure out how not to top-post, delete all the preceding 
> text (two keystrokes on most systems: Select All, then delete, or just
> Select All and start typing) and write from scratch.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org
> Accessibility <http://joeclark.org/access/>
> Expect criticism if you top-post
>

Received on Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:49:01 UTC

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