XPost: alt.usage.english
From: snipeco.2@gmail.com
Snidely wrote:
> On Tuesday or thereabouts, Sn!pe declared ...
> > Peter Moylan wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/07/24 10:18, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>> Peter Moylan wrote:
> >>>> On 02/07/24 06:47, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Nitpick: I wrote none of the quoted material below. [grump]
> >>
> >> Sorry, my mistake.
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
>
> What /is/ the suggested protocol for responding to a post through
> anther's followup? Sometimes you can pop back and find the post you're
> responding to, but sometimes you can't, and sometimes you're think
> you're going to respond to both authors but then you don't.
>
> I would be tempted to change the attribution line to "Snipe quoted:"
> because that respects the threading. Would you prefer that the
> attribution line is removed completely, but the quoted portions retain
> the full amount of guzintas? Is there something else you recommend?
>
> /dps
>
Anything that made it plain that my contribution had been omitted would
be fine with me. When somebody's contribution is cut in its entirety I
would cut the relevant attribution too and substitute [...] in both
places as an indicator. If it was only a partial cut I would leave the
attribution and put [...] where words were cut from the text.
Sometimes I'm lazy and cut all attribs. except the most immediate one.
That happens if I select a portion of text before hitting 'followup'.
In that case I'd put [...] between that single attrib. and the selected
section of quoted text.
It's probably a sign of OCD but I do prefer a tidy post.
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