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geoff wrote:

In message , Martin Angove
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In message ,
"Capitol" wrote:
Sorry, Huge has a point on this one:

1: Consistency (bottom, OR top) aids readability. Everyone doing
different makes it very difficult to follow a thread.

2: Bottom posting is the accepted way of doing things in practically
every newsgroup since the year dot. (Ok, "post" posting is more like
it; the principle of replying *after* the bit you are replying to is
what counts)

3: Almost everyone on this ng bottom posts, and many will correct
previous top postings, so the occasional top poster *really* mucks
things up.

4: A short 1 or 2 line top post is often missed (unless I'm unusual)
when there's a large posting history, as I see the history and
automatically page to the first non-indented bit of text (my reader
colours the indents differently, first indent gets green, second red.
Non quoted text is black and thus instantly recognisable).

Having said all that, he did rather bombard you with it, so perhaps he
could have been a bit more gentle.


???????

He's consistently top posted despite continual requests, but refuses to
comply with the convention. He repeatedly comes up with the childish
arrogant reply of this is how I do it, like it or lump it.



Yeah, ok, point taken. Sometimes I'm too pacifistic for my own good.

Not sure all the bad mouthing and swearing helps though - perhaps a
simple tactic of ignoring him (or killfiling him) will help regulars.

Hwyl!

M.

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