Zippy P wrote:

You should always include attributions.

> > False dilemma. That should never happen, because the quotes should
> > be properly trimmed.
>
> Yeah, and how often does that happen?

I'd say most of the time. There are some people here are bad about it,
and I sometimes get grief pointing out their transgressions.

In my own case, I've made a few mistakes over the years, but they were
just that, mistakes. I personally try to stick with a rule of "less
than one screen of quotes before some reply". On my reply window, a
screen's worth is about 25 lines. When I can, I better that.

> Your knowledge of logical falsehoods is spot on. Now you just have to
> observe how the world really works.

It varies by group, but on the whole it's fairly reasonable. And, the
fact that it isn't perfect doesn't mean some other system is to be
preferred.

I've been around usenet a fair bit, less than some, more than others.
I've participated in a variety of groups and observed a number of
instances of posting, good and bad. Suffice to say that I think the
traditional style is the correct one, and one that is adhered to
reasonably well.




Brian

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