On 2014-08-12 02:07, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> It is rude to deliberately refuse to give attributes > > > > While I find this true for first-level attribution, I feel far > > less obligation to attribute additional levels (and the verbosity > > they entail). > > I cannot disagree with that. I consider that the first-level > attribution MUST be given, second-level SHOULD be given, and third- > and subsequent levels MAY be given > > With one proviso: if you respond *directly* to something quoted at > the Nth-level, for any N, (as opposed to merely leaving it in to > establish context), then you MUST given an attribution.
For these case, I tend to do it interlinearly with my response, e.g. "while you have some good points, I still lean towards Terry's recommendation to frobniculate the hammerjammer" rather than have a long list of attributions at the top of the email. -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
