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.)
In the latest example, Derick' email could have been 88%
shorter, if he had just cut down the contents to the
essential pieces. 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).
Helpful links:
<URL:http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/user/guckes/mail/edit.html#over_quoting>
<URL:http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/user/guckes/mail/edit.html#full_quote>
Good Example:
<URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92888>
Bad Examples:
<URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92886>
<URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92903>
<URL:http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.dev&article=92906>
- Sascha
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