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

Wed Apr 5 00:23:34 UTC 2006

Go have a drink. It's not that serious.

k

On 4/4/06, Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> 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*?
>
> 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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