On Tue, 29 May 2007 21:29:57 +0200, David Ne?as (Yeti) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:14:43PM +0200, Tobias Klausmann wrote: > > > > PS: On another note: how do you (as in y'all) feel about somebody > > re-arranging your text when quoting you? I guess the simple parts > > (everything for example gw} does) are okay with just about > > everyone. But what about the order of points made? > > Anything that improves the context of the reply and makes it > easier to follow (wrt to the replied-to post) is good. I agree. So long as the meaning of the quotes isn't altered in a way that reflects badly on the earlier posters, I don't have a problem with rearranging quotes to deal with points in a better order. Really, what it all comes down to is making your point as clearly as possible, taking into account not only that you have the post to which you're replying fresh in your mind but other readers may not, but also that by the time your response is read it may be separated from its parent by many intervening posts. Everything that's considered good posting style follows logically from that. -- Matthew Winn
