Re: META: Proper quoting

On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Sascha Schumann wrote: > I've noticed a trend to extreme over-quoting on the php > developer mailing lists. (Not to mention top-posting, but > that's another topic.) I find top-quoting extremely annoying too. > > In the latest example, Derick' email could have been 88% > shorter, if he had just cut down the contents to the > essential pieces. While I'm usually quite strict with removing unnecesarry ballast, sometimes I just forget things when sending a small note. > While it takes the writer like 5 seconds > to remove such parts, each reader will have to scan the > non-essential parts and thereby spend a lot more time on it > (e.g. 5s compared to n*3 seconds). Removing uncessary stuff is a good thing, unless it would be hard for people who just join the discussion to follow it all. You can also remove too much stuff... (for example just remove everything and write only your reply in a mail), like here: > Good Example: > > > <URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92888> Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------