Apparently, though unproven, at 12:20 on Sunday 05 June 2011, Sebastian Beßler did opine thusly:
> Am 05.06.2011 11:53, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > I don't see the point of editing a quote actually :-) > > Oh there a many uses for that. Replying to specifig parts of a quote for > example. > > > Unless you mean reformatting it to still fit in 78 columns > > I edit quotes nearly by every anwser, to delete parts of the quote that > are unneeded so it is easier and better to read. Fullquotes are, in my > eyes, nearly as bad as top posting. Ah, I see what you mean. Now we're tracking. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com