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From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Stop the mindless repitition of old articles !
Message-ID: <1479@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 00:29:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.1479
Posted: Sun Jun 16 00:29:42 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 18-Jun-85 05:21:45 EDT
References: <463@bgsuvax.UUCP> <327@moncol.UUCP> <2627@tekig.UUCP> <162@watmum.UUCP>
Reply-To: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway)
Organization: The News and Observer
Lines: 45
Summary: 

In some cases, the quoting of an entire article is appreciated, as when
the original never arrives, or as sometimes happens, arrives after
the followup. Appreciated, that is, when the followup adds something
to the discussion.
So, a modest proposal: Why not put the quoted article at the end of
a followup instead of at the beginning? Then those of us who have read
the original can skip it.
Of course, it doesn't hurt to edit the quoted material, even when it is at the
end.


In article <162@watmum.UUCP> cdshaw@watmum.UUCP (Chris Shaw) writes:
>I just read an article that was 90 lines long... 84 lines were of this type:
>>>>>
>>>>> old article
>>>> reply
>>> reply to reply
>> addition to reply
>
>and the final 6 lines were as follows.
>
>" Is it because the BASICA and BASIC on the AT still go to ROM for some of the
>subroutines?
etc., etc.

>This type of nonsense I cannot stand... some guy wants to post an article
>quickly, so he just hauls in the old one WITHOUT EDITING, and adds his 0.0001
>cents worth to the end.
>
>All I can say is...   STOP IT, GODDAMMIT !!!     I have more to do than just
>sit here and wade through 4 articles that I've read 1,2,3 and 4 times before!
etc., etc.

>Chris Shaw    watmath!watmum!cdshaw  or  cdshaw@watmath
>University of Waterloo


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