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RE: Replying to posts
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Mark Stephen Mrotek |
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RE: Replying to posts |
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Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:24:09 -0700 |
Werner Lemberg,
Reading your admonition to "don't use top-posting," I tried to locate the
command in Outlook 2013 that sets this option as default.
I was unable to do so.
Knowing this can you forgive my "top-posting?"
Can you, or anyone else, direct me?
Thank you for your kind attention.
Mark Stephen Mrotek
-----Original Message-----
From: lilypond-user [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Werner LEMBERG
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:06 PM
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Replying to posts
> As far as I know this particular list does not have a list owner, and
> there are no published rules.
Of course there is a list owner. However, up to now there wasn't a single
person who stomped our nuts too hard, so to say, forcing us to banning him or
her from the list.
In general, the list netiquette is quite simple. Here's a small, probably
incomplete list.
. Use plain text, not HTML.
. Don't use top-posting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
. Use UTF-8 encoding.
. If you reply, properly cite to what you reply – and trim the
e-mail so that everything you are not replying to gets removed.
Obviously, your reply should be *below* the cited text.
. Use the `reply-to-all' button so that the discussion stays on the
list. It is not helpful if answers are suddenly sent to
individuals only. Additionally, it helps to properly build up
e-mail threads.
. Don't use inline images, use simple attachments instead.
. Stay polite and avoid ad-hominem attacks.
. Provide a minimal working example (or a minimal not-working
example). The stress lies on *minimal*. This shows us that you
have at least tried to look into the manual before asking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_Working_Example
Additionally, especially with lilypond, a picture often says more
than thousand words, so it is incredibly helpful if you attach a
small PNG image also – don't use the BMP image format, by the way!
. Don't hi-jack an e-mail thread. Start a new thread instead if you
want to discuss something new. This also holds if a discussion is
drifting too much from its original topic.
. If you have a question, try to formulate it as concise as
possible. This increases your chances to get a quick reply.
. Expect a turn-around of at least 48 hours for an answer. This is
a list of volunteers, not a paid hotline. If you don't get a
reply, there might be at least reasons.
. Your request is too broad. After two days or so, try to
reformulate and be more concise, probably adding code,
examples, images, etc.
. Nobody knows the answer.
. Use hard line breaks to have a line length of less than 80
characters.
. Avoid tab characters.
Werner
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- Re: Replying to posts, (continued)
- Re: Replying to posts, David Kastrup, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, DJF, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Werner LEMBERG, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Andrew Bernard, 2016/04/29
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- Fwd: Replying to posts, David Linn, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, David Bellows, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Chris Yate, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Gianmaria Lari, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Johan Vromans, 2016/04/30
- Re: Replying to posts, BB, 2016/04/30
- RE: Replying to posts,
Mark Stephen Mrotek <=
- Re: Replying to posts, Werner LEMBERG, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Andrew Bernard, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Werner LEMBERG, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Werner LEMBERG, 2016/04/29
- RE: Replying to posts, Mark Stephen Mrotek, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Tim McNamara, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Michael Hendry, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Andrew Bernard, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, mskala, 2016/04/29
- Re: Replying to posts, Werner LEMBERG, 2016/04/29