At some point hitherto, Nick Wilson hath spake thusly: > > * On 21-01-02 at 15:08 > * Preben Randhol said.... > > > Nick Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 21/01/2002 (14:47) : > > > people did that they don't that would make my life easier. However, if > > > we spend all our time worrying about every minority > > > problem/consideration we'll never get *anything* done :) > > > > Is it not a minority problem. > > Sure it is, ask people who have reasonable sight how many > blind/partially blind people they know.
This is irrelevant. Over-quoting is inconsiderate, and affects everyone. It causes us to have to wade through a bunch of irrelevant garbage to get at (and often FIND) the author's point. Quoting out of context (i.e. writing your reply and then quoting the whole message after what you've written ) is also a problem, because it removes the context of the comment, increases ambiguity, and thereby makes it harder to get the author's point, and increases the likelihood that it will be misunderstood by a wide audience. Limiting what you quote to the point that you're trying to comment on, and commenting on it immediately afterward maximizes clarity, and helps to reduce ambiguity by making it very clear what the author was intending to comment ABOUT. > I think cutting down emails is definately a good thing but the way > you've cut this for example is overdoing it. That's a *very* > selective piece of editing there Preben. I disagree entirely. The comment Preben quoted above is EXACTLY the ammount that is needed to identify what his comment is in reference to (assuming you've been following the thread at all), no more and no less. -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org
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