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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject: Re: XHR giving 405
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:12:32 +0200
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John Harris wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 18:39:20 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
>> John Harris wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:08:25 +0200, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
>>> <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Please shorten this to the absolute minimum so that it fits on one line
>> (with max. 80 characters), hence attribution _line_.
> 
> Why?

Again, common sense, and not originally my idea at all.  If the attribution 
consists of more than one line, it is hard to follow a discussion; the more 
quotation levels are added, the harder it is.  Plus, most of the information 
in what is commonly called “attribution novels” (overlong attributions) is a 
duplicate of what can be readily obtained from the header fields of the 
posting in question.  Omitting that duplicate information already achieves 
the goal of an attribution that helps the reader instead of confusing them.  
Finally, the number of lines added per quotation level is decreased to a 
minimum without losing vital context information.

Likewise, the quotation character, at least the last one, should be followed 
by space (corrected by me above, but not below).

Good newsreaders, like Mozilla Thunderbird/SeaMonkey and KNode, have these 
recommendations as their factory settings.
 
> According to RFC 2822 :
>   "Each header field is logically a single line of characters
>    comprising the field name, the colon, and the field body."
> even if it's spread over several physical lines. Why do you think an
> attribution can't be described as a single logical line?

The attribution is not a header field, it is part of the message body.
 
> Why do you think your attribution is good enough wherever it could be
> used?
> 
>   <snip>
>>> No-one has ever specified what a 'real' name is.
>>
>>I am certain someone has.  However, common sense already suggests it is
>>the name you find on your ID card, passport, debit card, and so on.
>   <snip>
> 
> No-one in Britain has had an ID card since the end of World War II.
> Not everybody has a passport. […]

You *know* what I mean.
 
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