Quoting and attributions

[Quinn C]

This comes up time and again.

Everyone agrees it's bad to leave all attributions when snipping parts
of quoted text.

There are two common styles of handling attributions in this case:
- Leaving in only the last attribution
- Leaving in exactly those attributions that belong to the remaining
quote

I believe the second is much better.

blablabla

bla

bla bloo bloo bla

blarg!

bla bloo bloo bla

blarg!

Then, starting at the last attribution line, I delete upwards until the

bla bloo bloo bla

blarg!

Not yet

bla bloo bloo bla

blarg!

That's it!

Done.

[Tak To]

Post by Quinn C
This comes up time and again.
Everyone agrees it's bad to leave all attributions when snipping parts
of quoted text.
- Leaving in only the last attribution
- Leaving in exactly those attributions that belong to the remaining
quote
I believe the second is much better.

I agree.

Post by Quinn C
For those who think it's too much work [...]

That's hardly any work compared to that already spent on
deciding which parts of who's messages should remain

[Peter Young]

Post by Tak To

Post by Quinn C
This comes up time and again.
Everyone agrees it's bad to leave all attributions when snipping parts
of quoted text.
- Leaving in only the last attribution
- Leaving in exactly those attributions that belong to the remaining
quote
I believe the second is much better.

I agree.

So do I, and also please not leave irrelevant detritus at the end of a
message, as some do. It's easily snipped.

Peter.

[Richard Heathfield]

On 08/11/2019 19:49, Peter Young wrote:
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Post by Peter Young
It's easily snipped.

As the actress said t+$q"\~j8ze^NO CARRIER

[Peter Moylan]

Post by Peter Young

Post by Tak To

Post by Quinn C
This comes up time and again.
Everyone agrees it's bad to leave all attributions when snipping
parts of quoted text.
There are two common styles of handling attributions in this
case: - Leaving in only the last attribution - Leaving in exactly
those attributions that belong to the remaining quote
I believe the second is much better.

I agree.

So do I, and also please not leave irrelevant detritus at the end of
a message, as some do. It's easily snipped.

A "convenience of the majority" rule should apply here. Some people feel
that cleaning up their post, including appropriate snipping, is too much
work. But if a post has one writer and many readers, then it's only
reasonable that the writer should do the work. Failing to do it wastes
the time of many people.

This argument is less compelling for a writer who is in many killfiles.

[Kerr-Mudd,John]

On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 23:42:08 GMT, Peter Moylan
<***@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

[]

Post by Peter Moylan
A "convenience of the majority" rule should apply here. Some people feel
that cleaning up their post, including appropriate snipping, is too much
work. But if a post has one writer and many readers, then it's only
reasonable that the writer should do the work. Failing to do it wastes
the time of many people.
This argument is less compelling for a writer who is in many killfiles.

IAWTP, but am sometimes careless, I admit.

[Athel Cornish-Bowden]

Post by Kerr-Mudd,John
On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 23:42:08 GMT, Peter Moylan
[]

Post by Peter Moylan
A "convenience of the majority" rule should apply here. Some people

feel

Post by Peter Moylan
that cleaning up their post, including appropriate snipping, is too

much

Post by Peter Moylan
work. But if a post has one writer and many readers, then it's only
reasonable that the writer should do the work. Failing to do it wastes
the time of many people.
This argument is less compelling for a writer who is in many killfiles.

IAWTP, but am sometimes careless, I admit.

Likewise. I try to do it properly, but I'm not always very efficient.