[WikiEN-l] Speaking of bad quote/reply formats...

Tue Apr 4 23:52:48 UTC 2006

How about Katefan0's format of 4 Apr 2006 18:30:44, which consisted 
of quoting back a paragraph from an earlier message without 
attribution line or quoting markers, followed immediately (with no 
indicator of where the quote ended and the reply began) with the 
reply... and then *that* was followed by a fullquote of the original 
message (including a second copy of the paragraph already quoted 
above it).  Can *anybody* come up with a coherent defense of such a 
quoting format as *that*?

They really ought to bring back the punishment of tying people up in 
stocks in the village square and pelting them with rotten fruit, and 
apply it to people who post to e-mail lists in senseless formats.

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