Hi all,
At the risk of being flamed, may I
suggest a middle approach?
I get the group?s output via
email. Drilling down is no
difficult task in an ongoing discussion, but for those who wish to read the
group online I suppose it could be onerous. And to see how an idea or code develops
in response to a request which is responded to with cogent suggestions, the
inclusion of prior submissions is certainly helpful and
worthwhile.
OTOH, the failure to trim, or at
the least rename the subject line, is annoying and often misleading when
the original discussion is abandoned by a responder with a new thought or with a
subset discussion. This happens far
too often and is a good instance of when to trim, rename or start anew. E.g.: not trying to pick on anyone here,
but there was a recent thread concerning problems with QP and a request
for recommendations on a new EOD data feed which has morphed into a discussion
on system development and trading psychology. This is but one of
oh so many instances where if one were interested in the original
subject it would be a waste of time to read the most recent postings,
and if one were interested in the new discussion (here system development and
trading psychology), a subject search would miss the discussion entirely.
So a humble suggestion:
If a reply is directed at the subject topic of the thread, don't trim
unless you are just so inclined (or want to keep your reply on point to a
particular issue). If, however, you are going to take the discussion
in a new direction or even a finer subset, consider taking the time to
either start a new thread or rename the subject line (as I have done here) and
trim the irrelevant material. If your contribution is a completely novel
topic, please start an entirely new thread rather than cluttering another
discussion. And if you reply to an existing thread which has had a
seriously irrelevant digression, consider trimming out that extraneous
matter. I think that covers most of the bases and while it may mean a
little more work for the responder, it may add a lot to the recipients ability
to use this forum.
My collection of this thread's
postings is now around seven years in length {archived of course} and it would
be much easier to search as well as to collate into articles for a KB or
response to a new user's request but for the failure of folks to stay on topic,
trim their replies of irrelevant material, or start fresh threads. In
truth, there's a lot of gold in all the dross, but I've not the time to pan it
unless I'm seriously in need of something and recall a discussion on the topic
or the poster who was involved in the discussion. I enjoy all the give and
take, and only offer this as a suggestion for organization, not censorship.
Peace and Justice
--- Patrick
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:46
AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] trim your
posts
AMEN!!
Keep it in one nice, neat pile. Judith
-----
Original Message ----
From: Keith McCombs <
kmccombs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSent:
Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:32:02 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] trim your
posts
Sidney --
I disagree!!!
For the reader of a long thread, it is much easier to drill down
through the 'clutter' than to jump backwards over unrelated threads to find
out what someone is talking about.
If you don't like the 'clutter' just
don't read it. That's easy, isn't it?
-- Keith
Sidney
Kaiser wrote:
Louis P. and Steve D.
Hey, would you guys please trim off the excess trash on the bottom of
your posts.
Have you actually looked at what you are sending out?
Once you have established the context of your response please trim off
the clutter.
Thank You
Sid
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