[MPlayer-DOCS] [homepage]: r2990 - trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en

[diego]

Author: diego
Date: Mon Jul 30 11:08:27 2007
New Revision: 2990

Log:
Explain top-posting and thread hijacking with informative links.


Modified:
   trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en

Modified: trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en
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--- trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en	(original)
+++ trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en	Mon Jul 30 11:08:27 2007
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 	For a complete refresher please read
 	<a href="http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/edit.html">HOWTO Edit Messages</a> or
 	<a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html">How do I quote correctly in Usenet?</a>.
-	As a guideline, remember that HTML mail, top-posting and posting
-	unrelated messages as replies to existing threads are forbidden.
+	As a guideline, remember that HTML mail,
+	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style">top-posting</a> and
+	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_hijacking">thread hijacking</a>
+	(posting unrelated messages as replies to existing threads) are forbidden.
 	Playing by the rules makes the life of those who read your mails a lot
 	easier and significantly increases your chances of getting an answer.
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