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Another Turn of Subject

Fri Jun 7 19:20:41 PDT 2002

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Next 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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On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 10:19 PM, Steven Brust wrote:

> At 01:52 AM 6/8/2002 +0200, Sander wrote:
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>> (Though really, when talking about the Phoenux Guards, I think it's
>> completely unfair for books to show that an author had more fun writing
>> them than a reader can ever have reading them.) :)
>
> You know, I really do feel a bit guilty about that.
>
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I'm sure you do :-)
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