POSTING STYLE

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Per Andersson

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Mar 22, 2010, 12:58:17 PM3/22/10
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I am glad that the question about posting style arose this early.

TL;DR
Post like this:
> question
answer


Check wikipadular for more elaborate discussion, history, and
examples.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style


In the true spirit of knowledge levelling (sv. kunskapsutjämning)
I'll share my knowledge (and opinions).


From #anarthesis@freenode 22 Mar 2010:

16:41 <@grul> > fråga
16:41 <@grul> svar

Yes! This is the easiest way to follow a discussion.
This posting style is called interleaved posting.


16:41 <@grul> svar
16:41 <@grul> > fråga

Absolutely not! This is TOP-POSTING AND IT IS EVIL!!1


16:41 <@grul> > fråga 1
16:41 <@grul> > fråga 2
16:41 <@grul> svar 1
16:41 <@grul> svar 2

Depends, if the questions are related I could see the point of
this. Usually I would go with entire inlining though.


16:42 <@grul> > fråga 1
16:42 <@grul> svar 1
16:42 <@grul> > fråga 2
16:42 <@grul> svar 2

Yes! This is also interleaved posting.


-- Per

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