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tools:www-style [2013/03/14 17:00] – [Interleave Replies] fantasai | tools:www-style [2014/07/21 06:56] – [Don't reply to [CSSWG] announcement threads] fantasai | ||
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Occasionally a CSSWG member will post meeting minutes, a draft publication announcement, | Occasionally a CSSWG member will post meeting minutes, a draft publication announcement, | ||
+ | Announcement threads should be marked with [CSSWG]. | ||
===== Change the subject when a starting new discussion ===== | ===== Change the subject when a starting new discussion ===== | ||
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* [css3-animations] animating vertical-align | * [css3-animations] animating vertical-align | ||
+ | ===== Use standard text conventions for quotes, not colors or name-tags ===== | ||
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+ | Some mail clients like Outlook prefer to indicate quoted text simply by coloring it (often a dark blue). | ||
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+ | Alternately, | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | [AB] And then I said, rectum, I hardly knew 'im! | ||
+ | I don't get the joke. | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | This is often unclear in the best of situations, again, but as soon as someone quotes a second time, the quoting level is lost entirely, and the email becomes an unreadable mess. | ||
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+ | Prefer, instead, to quote using the standard text convention of prepending a ">" | ||
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+ | If you must, use a proper ''< |