[HPFGU-Feedback] Mail Formats (was Re: An Elfly Reminder)

[Jordan Abel]

> Kelley:
> This isn't a usenet group; why should it be bound to usenet
> standards?

Random832:
It also applies to email - it just originated on usenet. I was
pointing out the irony of calling my suggestion "non-standard" when
what's _already_ done is anything but standard.d

> Kelley:
> What I'm seeing is that clearly you do not like our rules, and
> would like them changed according to your desires, to what is
> easiest for *you*.

Random832:
I want more flexibility. Can you tell me what's _wrong_ with what I'm
suggesting, rather than simply "that's not how We do things around
Here".

> Kelley:
> Incorrect - at least two members for whom English is their
> second language

Random832:
Nobody had yet brought up ESL at all at the time I said that this
morning. Anyway, I still don't find it very credible - quoting isn't
natural, there's no reason to think it's in any way "easier" than just
responding without quoting, except that they've had practice having
the sort of conversation where heavy quoting is involved. To say that
doing it one way is harder than doing it another way for ESL users
requires that it is harder in general.

> Kelley:
> The rules here have evolved over the life of this group.

Random832:
Then why does everyone seem to want the current form to be set in
stone? Why did someone call my suggestion "non-standard" as if that's
a bad thing when the way things are done "here" do not adhere to any
standard.

> Kelley:
> Random, you're clearly capable of formatting your posts in
> accordance with our rules, so I'm really not understanding the
> issue here.

It's a waste of space, time, bandwidth, and effort. It's unnecessary.

And if there's really no rule against it, why didn't I get a single
response along the lines of 'sure, go ahead, we won't stop you,
there's no rule against it anyway'? And why do you keep talking about
"our rules" when "There is not a rule against paraphrasing"???