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