[NNTP] Re: MODE READER
Kai Henningsen
kaih at khms.westfalen.de
Sun Nov 14 08:00:00 PST 2004
clive at demon.net (Clive D.W. Feather) wrote on 11.11.04 in <20041111165629.GG42609 at finch-staff-1.thus.net>:
> Ken Murchison said:
> >>>I did not say the above comment. Please attribute your quotes correctly.
> >> Count the arrows. They were attributed correctly.
> > Nope. The statement above was made by Andrew.
>
> Oh, good grief.
>
> In the above:
> >>> is Mark
> >> is Clive
> > is Ken
> As far as I and many (most) Usenet posters are concerned, this is a correct
> attribution.
Nope.
The *correct* Usenet-style attribution involves not snipping out the names
of the other authors in the first place; that's just rude, and you seem to
do it consistently.
See how my reply starts with *two* attribution lines, and yours started
with just one.
That's where all the trouble comes from.
>Stuff with one arrow is the attributed person; stuff with more
> than one is material that person quoted.
*This* part is correct. It's necessary, but not sufficient.
> Similarly, in the original post I attributed Mark because I was quoting his
> post, but some of the text in my post began ">>", because it was Mark
> quoting Andrew.
And you were at fault for snipping the line attributing it to Andrew.
> Happy now?
Not really.
MfG Kai
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