Here's another way of doing it!! (from uk.education.schools-it)

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In article <1137094757.839495.327...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
   Darren <dagz...@gmail.com> wrote:

 Hello. Hope you are well. I don't normally reply to people who top
 post but I'll assume you are new to computers and make an exception
 this once. If you would like a link to the newsgroup charter then
 let me know and I'll dig it out for you (or you could get a friend
 to show you how to do it)

 There is a search engine that a lot of us more experienced users use
 called google. There are others available but google is the
 most popular. If you wish to find something out about moodle in
 google then load your web browser (I'm guessing it's Internet
 Explorer) and go to http://www.google.co.uk and type moodle into
 the empty box in the centre of your screen. If you would more help
 on accessing webpages or searching for more information then give
 me a nod. I have some resources I have been using with my year 7s
 which you could work through.

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Made me laugh anyway, having just read the 'Want to read an old disc'
thread in here, which was more about how to stop top-posting than
about reading old discs!!!

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Chris de Cordova

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

In article <4de9bc2221decord...@ukgateway.net>,
   Chris de Cordova <decord...@ukgateway.net> wrote:

Yes...

Kept for future use, as and when it becomes necessary.

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In article <4de9bea196j...@acornusers.org>,
   John M Ward <j...@acornusers.org> wrote:

It was used against someone who did know better! ;-)

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In article <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
   Dave Braine <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:

 Top-posting is when someone replies at the top of a message/posting,
reproducing the (often entire) message they are replying to (and sometimes
all the previous messages) underneath.

It is due to thoughtless acceptance of where some software places the
cursor/caret and ignorance. Ignorance of the following points:

        1. It is wasteful of bandwidth, in that (often) far more of the
previous message(s) is reproduced than is necessary, wasting 'bandwidth'.
('bandwidth' often equates to 'money' for those on dial-up).

        2. It is less clear exactly which bit of the message is being
replied to - one has to search below to find the context of the message for
each point.

        3. It is nowhere near as clear as properly snipped interleaved
replying, which allows logical response to material point-by-point.

        4. It (here) contravenes the established practice and gets up
everyone's nose.

Having said that, it seems to be perfectly acceptable on some news groups
(I have heard), and there the advice of 'lurking' before posting to find
out the accepted method of posting is wise counsel.

That doesn't make it 'right', though.

John

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In article <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
   Dave Braine <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:

The news.newusers.questions FAQ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html
How to post to uk news groups   http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html
Proper quoting style explained  http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html

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Thanks for that John. Immediately after I posted, I looked at the "Want
to read old discs" thread where it explained it. Which is why I deleted
my post from here.

In article <1137434330.280799.258...@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
   Dave Braine <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:

deleted?

How do you do that, then?

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Chris de Cordova

I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

this.

In message <1137417753.799698.232...@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
          "Dave Braine" <d...@pilot.pprune.com> wrote:

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Kevin Melling.
At Home.

5. Message the of flow the follow *impossible* is it responses inline
and bottom, top of mixture a use thread a on respondents where.

6. Whilst posting without quoting any context (aka misuse of Google
Groups) is common it must be remembered that top posting encourages
quoting of the complete context of *EVERY* message in reverse order -
without the respondent displaying any brain power. It is far too common
to see two words of new content top posted over several kilobytes of
unedited previous context.

6a. How many people scroll up and down in a message and *DO NOT* notice
your response because the first line is:

7. If you want people to respond to your post it is unreasonable to
expect them to spend an inordinate amount of time rearranging your
response in query your answer to order.

8. Top posting, common on M$ Usenet groups, is not the expected practice
due to the way that people want to respond to messages but rather due to
a specific fault in popular M$ Usenet packages which by default place
the input focus above the message being responded to.

9. Bored now...

Accepted or not there is a discontinuity that is introduced through top
posting that personally I find unacceptable.

Anyways,
Jon Ripley
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Winner of all the 1-2K classic text adventure competitions.

In message <sbXyf.15933$lL4.3...@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>
          Jon Ripley <n...@jonripley.com> wrote:

You were doing quite well until you got to this point. It applies to
*all* usenet packages on all platforms including RISC OS ! Its not a
fault, it the way they all work since we have not yet got AI usenet
packages!!

You might but others don't - personal opinion. If other usenet groups
top post, then you follow that groups convention in that group and
inline groups you follow that convention. Its called using common
sense. You may not personally like it, but if that is the way the that
group is working so be it.

--
Chris Hughes

It helps a lot by net nannies sending out ARROGANT emails to those who
top post accidently and or had not bothered to actually read the
email.

That just gets peoples backs up.

Peter

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Peter Prewett, Tumut, New South Wales