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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:35:06 -0400, Clams Canino wrote:   
   > "Wayne Brown"  wrote in message   
   > news:m16ttd$b5u$1@dont-> Preserving correct attributions is not "minor post   
   > formatting" but an   
   > > [quoted text muted]   
   > > For some of us, identifying the source of information (whether from   
   > > films, books or other USENET articles) has a bearing on how we evaluate   
   > > that information.  (I'm one of those who ALWAYS reads the footnotes in   
   > > books and seldom reads nonfiction that doesn't have footnotes.)   
   >   
   > You're absolutely right.   
   > Except that *this* poster never quoted anything - he was trolled.   
   > And it seems that many people are now attributed a "quote" to him that was   
   > never a quote.   
   > So you were trolled too...   :)   
   >   
      
   The PP certainly appeared to be quoting -- he or she had several   
   lines preceded by the quote widget ">", then several lines not   
   preceded by the quote widget.   
      
   "Quoting", in this context, refers to quoting previous Usenet   
   articles, not quoting Tolkien or Jackson. I think you've been chasing   
   a false scent.   
      
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