Excessive Quoting

[Richard Gaskin]

<curmudgeonliness>
Dan Shafer wrote:

> Could we all try to be far more judicious about what we quote from
> posts to which we are replying?

Extra bonus points if could we also quote in standard top-to-bottom reading
order.

With a mix of readable (new at bottom) vs. comprehensive (new at top) styles
we get posts like:

  Post 4
  >> Post 2
  >>> Post 1
  > Post 3

...when we coud have:

  >>> Post 1
  >> Post 2
  > Post 3
  Post 4

Not only do such posts tell their story better, they also encourage trimming
all but the most essential quoted portions before we get to your stuff.
</curmudgeonliness>
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