Re[2]: Why repeat info ? (was: Re: cut-line RFC and client support)
Mau, [M] wrote: M Please note that if I quote you full message without any trimming is M because some people may have deleted your message and not have it in M their message base, or may not be using a threaded view or may be M using the ticker virtual folder. Your response surprises me. On the one hand we're discussing an introduction that is 2 or three lines long and questioning its redundancy. And now you're trying to compare it to quoting my *entire* 55+ lines of original message text. *Clearly*, it's a matter of compromise and reaching a generally accepted point without being excessive. Though we can reasonably make concessions by including helpful reminders/information in an introduction to a reply, to quote the entire message in the context of a discussion list is absolutely unreasonable. In different settings it's not, and I do quite often quote complete original messages in replies outside discussion lists. I do think you see my point but just wish to be difficult. Introductions of the type you so criticize are not disallowed on this list. However, overquoting is. Note that we *do* quote some of the original text when we do reply and your mischievous counter-argument would hold water *only* if we didn't quote any original text at all. Now, can we please stop this nitpicking about how members choose to word introductions to their replies. -- -= allie_M =- | List Moderator PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Using TB! v2.03 Beta/53 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Why repeat info ? (was: Re: cut-line RFC and client support)
At 5:26 PM on 2/4/2004, Peter Meyns typed ... P Three lines isn't much, right. But what should be wrong about P courtesy? :-) Seems like an excellent idea to me. Now will someone please say Nazi so this topic can officially end! g -- Bill Blinn - Technology Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - 2/4/2004 at 5:37 PM Technology Editor, Newsradio 610 WTVN, Columbus, Ohio Using The Bat! v2.02.3 CE on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Random thought: A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a moose. This line was left blank intentionally, but now these words are in it. Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
mod: Off-topic (Was: Re[2]: Why repeat info ? (was: Re: cut-line RFC and client support))
Mary Bull, [MB] wrote: MB I'll be 77 in about 3 months. And I have one grandchild, who'll be 21 MB in two days and was born in a February snowstorm. MB BTW, that template only seems to work on messages from you. g :) Ok. It's time guys. :)) moderator I deleted an account and deleted my moderatorial templates. ooops!!! Anyway, not to ever single you out Mary. ;) This thread has gone on long enough and has even drifted into the off-topic realm. Time to move it to TBOT. Thanks!! /moderator -- -= allie_M =- | List Moderator PGPKeys: http://key.ac-martin.com Using TB! v2.03 Beta/53 on WinXP Pro (SP1) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: mod: Off-topic (Was: Re[2]: Why repeat info ? (was: Re: cut-line RFC and client support))
Hello Allie! On Wednesday, February 04, 2004, 6:37 PM, you wrote: AM Mary Bull, [MB] wrote: snip AM Ok. It's time guys. :)) AM moderator AM I deleted an account and deleted my moderatorial templates. ooops!!! AM Anyway, not to ever single you out Mary. ;) AM This thread has gone on long enough and has even drifted into the AM off-topic realm. Indisputably. I'm sorry. :) AM Time to move it to TBOT. Thanks!! Gone. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
