From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 42044
Date: 2005-11-10
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:19 PM
Subject: [tied] Courtesy (was: Also an Austro-Asiatic Disconnect)
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
> wrote:
>
> > I am leaving your name on this for others to easily identify who
> wrote such
> > hateful *gWouso.
>
> I have done likewise in the more conventional fashion. It is a shame
> you will not follow the usual, courteous practice of trimming the post
> replied to and marking its text with carets (greater than signs if you
> insist on being pedantic). George Knysh is one of the few who manages
> to ignore this practice without causing annoyance. The headers (of
> the form 'XXX wrote:'), with inherited carets, usually serve to
> identify who said what.
>
> And on the matter of courtesy, if it does not improve, abusive
> individuals will be subjected to moderation without further warning.
>
> Richard.
Richard, I make a sincere effort to trim posts. So far as I know, I am the
only one utilizing <snip> to indicate where, in my opinion, irrelevant
material was located.
As for the matter of carets, in this present posting, your remarks are
preceded by one caret while mine as preceded by two carets. And that is how
all my emails arrive. The last sender has one caret, and each previous
sender has one caret added. They are put in automatically.
If you are not getting mail in this form, perhaps you need to tweak your
settings.
However, I am willing to do anything which increases the transparency of the
exchanges.
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