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
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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
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Original Message ----
From: Keith McCombs <
kmccombs@xxxxxxxxxcom>
To:
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com
Sent: 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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