[OT] Posting under ones full name

[Grant Edwards]

On 2012-08-15, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
><PointedEars at web.de> wrote:
>> Please use `[...]' or `[?]' to indicate omission instead.  I could have
>> written `politeness...' myself.
>
> Incidentally, how _do_ the square brackets help?

Because that's the standard method for denoting text that was inserted
by an editor and not written by the original author.

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

Generally, yes.  That's the convention for Usenet and mailing lists.

> Perhaps you said "Please use `m4-style quotes rather than matching
> ASCII quotes' or `something else' to indicate omission instead".

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