[HPFGU-Feedback] Paraphrasing vs. verbatim quotes

[Jordan Abel]

Lee Storm:
> Quite simply, I must agree with those who have English as a second language
> issues as well as those who are concerned about misinterpretation.  The idea
> of paraphrasing just doesn't work.  If I read a paraphrase post, I am then
> relying on the paraphraser's interpretation and that bothers me; I want to
> review what the original poster said, not rely on someone's hopefully
> correct paraphrasing..

Random832:
Well, if Yahoomort is functioning properly, you've already read what
the original poster said - and, it would have to be malfunctioning
pretty badly if the responder got the post and you didn't. And even if
it's not, chances are you'll still get it eventually, or can read it
in the archive within a day or so. Anyway, I thought your practice was
to skip quoted text - it was the reason (or one of the reasons) you
gave for wanting people to self-attribute, wasn't it?

Lee Storm:
> And, as far as looking through the archives...that's a nightmare,

Random832:
It may have been lost between my mind and the keyboard, or between the
numerous edits that any of my more lengthy posts get, but my original
intention would be that any reference to a previous post _not_
supported with a direct [inline] quote would be accompanied with a
message number.

But OK - How about a more drastic proposal - one which IIRC you (Lee
Storm), at least, have already endorsed: top-posting. (for those who
don't remember, top-posting means the whole reply goes at the top and
the whole original message, possibly snipped if it's grown too
unwieldy, is quoted at the bottom)

-- 
Random832