Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 08:20:54 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Meeting Confusion Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> > kfl at KeithLynch.net 05/04/03 11:58PM >>"Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote: > >> [electronic blue pencil deletes vast swaths of words, numbers, >> symbols . . .] > >Good. It's not necessary to quote all of the message being replied >to, as some people here keep doing. Doing so only adds clutter, and >leads to readers skipping over text, possibly missing important stuff. Ach. I'm on a mundane small press listserv and the lack of editing and = the like when some folks quote . . .jeeze. <rolls eyes> [words deleted] > >> Verbally you may do as you wish . . . within the confines of good >> taste of course. > >Tsk, tsk. You mean orally, not verbally. Back to editor school >with you. I'm just a publisher, I leave editing to the trained professionals <g> > >I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. See you on third Friday. >(Which will be at the Ginters', as usual.) & 3rd Friday looks good, atleast currently. mjw