RE: Excessive quoting

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

It is that note which I am saying is vague when applied to specific
instances.  It is a general directive which reasonable people could
interpret to mean on any given occasion as referring to one paragraph or to
ten screens of quote.  If Tony felt that the particular thread that we are
currently referring to involved excessive quoting, I would he would make a
point of making that known to the participants in a language that said that
there was too much quoting going on in that thread.  In that case, I believe
the participants would comply with his request.  The tag message that you
refer to is open to interpretation as to what constitutes short or long.
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
[mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Roorda
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:29 AM
To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
Subject: Re: Excessive quoting


Laurie Solomon wrote:


(snip)
> However, what is taken to be short versus long is
> ambiguous; if the list owner felt that the length of quotes were getting
too
> long and/or were not relevant or helpful to those engaged in the thread,
he
> would say something.  If he -- as opposed to others on the list but not
> involved in the discussion -- were to ask the participants of discussions
to
> shorten their quotes or eliminate them, I am sure that the participants
> would comply.

He has, they didn't.  See the note automatically inserted at the end of each
post.

Bruce Roorda
Possum Hill Farm


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