[Wikipedia-l] excessive posting

[Arbeo M]

In reply to Gerrit and Ray:

>It's clear that Jack would not have defended his
>position with such enthusiasm if no one had answered.

Correct. My remark about excessive posting was not
limited to Jack.


>Most keyboards have a feature which is consistent
with >having a life. It's the delete button. Some of
us are >even so advanced that we can delete several
messages >at once. :-)

>Don't complain about messages; the subject is clear,
>you know what thread it's a part of, and you are very
>welcome to delete any message you like.

With the enormous output of mails some participants
produce here and the impossibility of reading all of
them, important arguments can be overlooked easily. On
top of that, the arguments of members who don't have
the time to write a dozen or more e-mails per day are
sometimes drowned out by an overly productive
minority. 

I've sure heard about that delete button but I think
it can't replace a sound culture of discussion. In an
oral conversation you can't talk 80% of the time.
Here, I sometimes get the impression that some people
believe the more (and the longer) e-mails they write,
the more right they are.

Sorry, I just needed to get rid of this. 

Have a nice weekend!

Arbeo 




		
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