Re: arsclist Top vs. Bottom Posting

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:42 PM 12/15/2002 +0100, George Brock-Nannestad wrote:
> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
> Re: Frank Premise Checker's contribution:
>
> Please, you literates, what is "top posting" vs. "bottom posting"?
> I usually take the trouble to quote just that part which needs
> commenting - what kind of posting is that? "Partial bottom
> posting", perhaps, because the quote part is above my own
> contribution? I always delete the adminstrativa.
>
> Since I do not know what to concentrate on, the following is more
> or less complete regarding the subject:

  ... snip ...

> Please, please!
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> George

Top posting means providing the reply above the quoted material; bottom 
posting means providing the reply below the quoted material. The third 
choice, interlineation, is often used when multiple subjects are discussed 
in a single post, though it can lead to hopeless confusion since it tends 
to cause multiple threads to spawn from one.

Maximum confusion occurs when top- and bottom-posting are both used on a 
single thread (and interlineation adds another dimension to the melee). 
Then the only way to follow a thread is to count indents and even that 
fails if they were either not supplied originally or were deleted in editing.


Mike
mrichter@xxxxxxx
http://www.mrichter.com/


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