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[Christian]

Matt Kemner wrote:
> The same good advice, of course, should go for quoting previous posts.
> You really didn't have to quote 50 lines from the previous posts
> in order to throw in your one line comment.  Posting only the relevant
> lines, or in your own words "a quick summary" would have been more
> appropriate.
> 
>  - Matt (Yes, I know I've brought this up before)

Yeah, I second this... although I've said this before too. :) 
Unfortunately the people who follow such netiquette continue to do so
and those who don't, also continue not to.

I also agree with Jamie/Oliver that providing a URL with an optional
short summary is much more sensible than providing the entire text to an
article.  Also, providing a set of questions or calls for
opinions/discussion (as someone else did recently) seems more
appropriate to the purpose of the list - it's not about being a newswire
for the latest technology stories but rather about discussing topics
related to GNU/Linux.

Regards,

Christian.

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