Netiquette request to all

[Felix E. Klee]

Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 03:02 schrieb Agent Smith:
> When I am following a discussion I do not have to
> scroll through the quoted text to find the new
> content.

That's only an issue when people quote more than they have to.  Good quoting 
guidelines:

1. Place your replies directly below the text that you're referring to.

2. Quote only that which is necessary - keep quotes short, and abbreviate them
  (e.g. using [...]) if necessary.

Personally, most of the time, I don't even bother to read discussions where 
people use top-quoting.  It's a waste of time, since often it's very hard to 
guess to what text passages the author of a posting is referring to.  Sure, 
he could include references to those in his message, but with good quoting he 
doesn't have to.

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