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Explicitly say 'no top-posting'. Add links to Wikipedia posting article

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="generator" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <meta name="generator" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<title>Boost Discussion Policy</title> <title>Boost Discussion Policy</title>
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<h3>Use a Readable Quotation Style</h3> <h3>Use a Readable Quotation Style</h3>
<p>A common and very useful approach is to cite the small fractions of the <p>Don't <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting">
message you are actually responding to and to put your response directly top-post</a>; inline replies are the appropriate
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style">posting style</a> for
Boost lists.</p>
<p>The common and very useful inline approach cites the small fractions of the
message you are actually responding to and puts your response directly
beneath each citation, with a blank line separating them for beneath each citation, with a blank line separating them for
readability:</p> readability:</p>
<blockquote> <blockquote>
<pre> <pre><i>Person-you're-replying-to</i> wrote:
<i>Person-you're-replying-to</i> wrote:
&gt; Some part of a paragraph that you wish to reply to goes &gt; Some part of a paragraph that you wish to reply to goes
&gt; here; there may be several lines. &gt; here; there may be several lines.
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&gt; reply goes here; agiain there may be several lines. &gt; reply goes here; agiain there may be several lines.
Your response to the second part of the message goes here. Your response to the second part of the message goes here.
... ...</pre>
</pre>
</blockquote>For more information about effective use of quotation in </blockquote>For more information about effective use of quotation in
posts, see <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html">this posts, see <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html">this
helpful guide</a>. helpful guide</a>.
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height="31" width="88"></a></p> height="31" width="88"></a></p>
<p>Revised <p>Revised
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<p><i>Copyright &copy; 2000-2005 Beman Dawes, Rob Stewart, and David Abrahams</i></p> <p><i>Copyright &copy; 2000-2005 Beman Dawes, Rob Stewart, and David Abrahams</i></p>