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ACK! - Re: META: Quoting styles

Fri Jun 7 17:15:38 PDT 2002

Previous message: META: Quoting styles Michael S. Schiffer wrote: > It might not be a bad idea for the list to settle on a standard for quoting > previous articles. (Such a standard could even go into an FAQ for the > list, as and when.) I personally like Usenet-style quoting, where > responses immediately follow the points they're responding to and > extraneous material gets snipped. (I think it makes for a more > conversational style.) But many people like the "quote the whole thing and > insert responses at the top" (which some e-mail programs encourage). At > this point, I think a majority of people here are doing the first, but a > noticeable minority are doing the second. I think exchanges go more > smoothly if everyone (or at least most people) are following the same > standard-- otherwise, in long exchanges, you wind up with posts where you > can't tell who said what, or in what order. Just a thought. > > Mike > >
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*slaps his Mozilla* Okay, I don't know what the hell I just did, but
that huge subject definitely was not intended. My apologies.
And that on a message about how to behave on the list. *scurries of in
shame*

Sander

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