Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)

regards
tomek

Because it reads better that way, regardless of what bottom-posters may
shriek.

--
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

"tomek gomek" wrote in message
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Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)
regards
tomek

I had to access this site via Google groups a while back and found that it
defaults to bottom posting. I generally post via the microsoft.com site and
it defaults to top posting.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Because it reads better that way, regardless of what bottom-posters may
shriek.

--
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

"tomek gomek" wrote in message
...
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)
regards
tomek

"Bob Phillips" wrote...
Because it reads better that way, regardless of what bottom-posters may
shriek.
....

Only if one could assume (1) top posters just weren't so darn lazy, and (2)
top posters really understood how newsgroups should work.

Since Outlook Express and most of the web-based newsgroup portals default to
top posting, that's pretty much the reason why it's so common in microsoft.*
newsgroups. Occam's razor: laziness is the reason.

Lazy is good

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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"Bob Phillips" wrote...
Because it reads better that way, regardless of what bottom-posters may
shriek.
...

Only if one could assume (1) top posters just weren't so darn lazy, and
(2) top posters really understood how newsgroups should work.

Since Outlook Express and most of the web-based newsgroup portals default
to top posting, that's pretty much the reason why it's so common in
microsoft.* newsgroups. Occam's razor: laziness is the reason.

"Don Guillett" wrote...
Lazy is good

No doubt you say that to your kids just before chore time.

It doesn't matter to me one way or the other but it gets real ugly when one
top posts a reply and then the OP bottom posts their reply.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Because it reads better that way, regardless of what bottom-posters may
shriek.

--
HTH

Bob

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my
addy)

"tomek gomek" wrote in message
...
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)
regards
tomek

Most people tend to top-post (i.e. put their post above the previous
ones), though I'm not sure that this is a rule, as other people bottom-
post (which makes more sense when you are reading it, but for long
threads it can take some time to scroll down to the latest posting
with this approach).

[1] I think you want the word comply, or to be in compliance.

As another poster (Earl?) says: "When in Rome ..." (do as the Romans
do)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jul 25, 1:20 pm, "tomek gomek" wrote:
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)

regards
tomek

thanks.
"comply" is that word :)
ok, i'll do as the Romans do if i'll be able to help someone

tomek

ps. on pl.* groups top-posting is not (good looking ???) that's what i ask
for it

Uzytkownik "Pete_UK" napisal w wiadomosci
oups.com...
Most people tend to top-post (i.e. put their post above the previous
ones), though I'm not sure that this is a rule, as other people bottom-
post (which makes more sense when you are reading it, but for long
threads it can take some time to scroll down to the latest posting
with this approach).

[1] I think you want the word comply, or to be in compliance.

As another poster (Earl?) says: "When in Rome ..." (do as the Romans
do)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jul 25, 1:20 pm, "tomek gomek" wrote:
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)

regards
tomek

At least one person in these news groups will not respond to your post if it is
bottom posted.

If you do bottom post, try to snip off any irrelevant bits above your post but
maintain enough for clarity.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:54:59 +0200, "tomek gomek"
wrote:

thanks.
"comply" is that word :)
ok, i'll do as the Romans do if i'll be able to help someone

tomek

ps. on pl.* groups top-posting is not (good looking ???) that's what i ask
for it

Uzytkownik "Pete_UK" napisal w wiadomosci
roups.com...
Most people tend to top-post (i.e. put their post above the previous
ones), though I'm not sure that this is a rule, as other people bottom-
post (which makes more sense when you are reading it, but for long
threads it can take some time to scroll down to the latest posting
with this approach).

[1] I think you want the word comply, or to be in compliance.

As another poster (Earl?) says: "When in Rome ..." (do as the Romans
do)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jul 25, 1:20 pm, "tomek gomek" wrote:
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)

regards
tomek

Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote...
At least one person in these news groups will not respond to your
post if it is bottom posted.

Probably no great loss.

If you do bottom post, try to snip off any irrelevant bits above
your post but maintain enough for clarity.
....

Whereas top posters will continue to leave the entire preceding thread
quoted in their responses like grossly overgrown signatures. I
ventured a guess a few years ago that about 75% of the aggregate text
posted in the Excel newsgroups is unsnipped quotes. It's probably more
by now. No one cares because it the ISPs problem to store it all, and
fast internet connections means it's painless to download so much
cruft.

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
ps.com...
Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote...

If you do bottom post, try to snip off any irrelevant bits above
your post but maintain enough for clarity.
...

Whereas top posters will continue to leave the entire preceding thread
quoted in their responses like grossly overgrown signatures. I
ventured a guess a few years ago that about 75% of the aggregate text
posted in the Excel newsgroups is unsnipped quotes. It's probably more
by now. No one cares because it the ISPs problem to store it all, and
fast internet connections means it's painless to download so much
cruft.

Exactly ... no great problem.

"Pete_UK" wrote...
....
. . . but for long
threads it can take some time to scroll down to the latest posting
with this approach).
....


Only because too many people are ignorant of the nettiquette REQUIREMENT for
quoting only previous text relevant to their response. The implied message
is their time/convenience is much more valuable than anyone else's.

RULE

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"tomek gomek" wrote in message
...
Hi.
I started read this group recently.
I have one stupid question :)
Why reply is almost always above message with question instead of under
it?
Is this a rule for this group? I want to be (accord)[1] ....

[1] i don't know how to write it in English ;)
regards
tomek

"Don Guillett" wrote...
RULE

Must be an obscure acronym.

It is........................

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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"Don Guillett" wrote...
RULE

Must be an obscure acronym.

"Don Guillett" wrote...
It is........................

Lemme guess, Rudely, Unabashedly Laziness Embodied?

Are we talking about Harlan?

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Don Guillett" wrote...
It is........................

Lemme guess, Rudely, Unabashedly Laziness Embodied?