If you're going to all the time & trouble of making a long post, PLEASE help & encourage people to read it and break up your post with regular paragraph breaks. 6-7 lines is probably the most you want to write before putting a break in.

First, please post in lower case, and NOT block capitals. Aside from block capitals being akin to 'shouting' on forum etiquette, it's just plain hard on the eyes to read!

Secondly, posting in one solid block as a 'stream of consciousness' makes your post very hard to read. And many of the folk who you want to read it won't even try!

I've given the same message on too many occasions now & have tried to help by changing it myself but I simply don't have the time to keep doing this.

So, and sorry about this, but if you write a marathon & don't break up your posts I'm now going to just leave it and fall into the category of those that aren't going to try & read it - which means at least one less person who might otherwise try to help you.

So c'mon folks - please help us to help you!

Rich

Now, isn't the above easier to read than this?: -

If you're going to all the time & trouble of making a long post, PLEASE help & encourage people to read it and break up your post with regular paragraph breaks. 6-7 lines is probably the most you want to write before putting a break in. Posting in one solid block as a 'stream of consciousness' makes your post very hard to read. And many of the folk who you want to read it won't even try! I've given the same message on too many occasions now & have tried to help by changing it myself but I simply don't have the time to keep doing this. So, and sorry about this, but if you write a marathon & don't break up your posts I'm now going to just leave it and fall into the category of those that aren't going to try & read it - which means at least one less person who might otherwise try to help you. So c'mon folks - please help us to help you! Rich