Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name

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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
>> Please use `[...]' or `[…]' to indicate omission instead.  I could have
>> written `politeness...' myself.
>
> Incidentally, how _do_ the square brackets help?

The square brackets clarify that the ellipsis was not part of the
original quotation but was added at some later point.

> Can a reader know
> that you put square-bracketed dots and that I didn't omit a lengthy
> quoted string?

Irrelevant.  Why would an author adhering to common principles of
style ever use square-bracketed dots in a statement that he authored
himself?  And if instead your quotation had been of Thomas also
quoting a third party, then it would not be important whether you or
Thomas had added the omission -- the main point is that it wasn't
there originally.

Be that as it may, the MLA no longer requires square brackets around
an ellipsis of omission, so at least from a scholarly standpoint
you're off the hook.

Thread

How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 03:18 -0700
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-13 10:52 +0000
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-13 21:45 +1000
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-13 13:40 +0100
    Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 16:00 -0700
      Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-14 09:52 +1000
      Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-14 01:34 +0100
        Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 03:00 +0000
          Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-14 12:38 +0100
            Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 12:44 +0000
              Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-15 13:31 +1000
                Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:43 +1000
            [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-14 23:12 +0200
              Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 07:46 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-14 23:55 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 11:44 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-15 03:43 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:07 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-15 04:06 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:16 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-15 13:54 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:18 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-08-15 13:56 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 14:10 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 13:59 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2012-08-15 22:01 -0700
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-16 20:45 +0000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-17 01:07 -0400
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Alex Strickland <sscc@mweb.co.za> - 2012-08-16 23:01 +0200
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 01:28 -0600
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 17:41 +1000
                Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-15 09:37 +0000
              Re: [OT] Posting under ones full name (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-14 18:16 -0400
        [OT] A short Usenet primer (was: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP)) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-14 22:47 +0200
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) PythonAB <python@rgbaz.eu> - 2012-08-13 15:42 +0200
  Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 07:03 -0700
    Re: How to uncompress a VOB file? (Win XP) Xantipius <rt5@bk.ru> - 2012-08-13 16:07 -0700

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