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

Wed Apr 5 00:03:50 UTC 2006

Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> 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*?

I have one!

If you can't understand it, what business do you have trying to create 
an encyclopaedia for god's sake? :)

Chris

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Chris Jenkinson
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"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
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