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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
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Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
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Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday or thereabouts, Sn!pe declared ...
> > Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/07/24 10:18, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
> >>>> On 02/07/24 06:47, Sn!pe wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Nitpick:  I wrote none of the quoted material below.  [grump]
> >> 
> >> Sorry, my mistake.
> >
> > Thanks  :)
> >
>
> What /is/ the suggested protocol for responding to a post through 
> anther's followup?  Sometimes you can pop back and find the post you're
> responding to, but sometimes you can't, and sometimes you're think 
> you're going to respond to both authors but then you don't.
> 
> I would be tempted to change the attribution line to "Snipe quoted:" 
> because that respects the threading.  Would you prefer that the 
> attribution line is removed completely, but the quoted portions retain
> the full amount of guzintas?  Is there something else you recommend?
> 
> /dps
>

Anything that made it plain that my contribution had been omitted would
be fine with me.  When somebody's contribution is cut in its entirety I
would cut the relevant attribution too and substitute [...] in both
places as an indicator.  If it was only a partial cut I would leave the
attribution and put [...] where words were cut from the text.

Sometimes I'm lazy and cut all attribs. except the most immediate one.
That happens if I select a portion of text before hitting 'followup'.
In that case I'd put [...] between that single attrib. and the selected
section of quoted text.

It's probably a sign of OCD but I do prefer a tidy post.

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