[Buddha-l] Shameless plagiarism

[Bruce Burrill]

That is really a good idea.

At 03:13 PM 4/20/2010, you wrote:
>Dear denizens of buddha-l,
>
>The moderators over on our colleague-list H-BUDDHISM recently posted 
>an appeal to their subscribers that was so nicely worded that I 
>thought I'd copy it and post it here. What the moderators of 
>H-BUDDHISM say to their subscribers is exactly what the moderators 
>of BUDDHA-L would like to say to ours.
>
>\begin{plagiarized text}
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>We'd like to express our appreciation to those list members who are
>taking just a few seconds to edit their posts before forwarding them
>to H-Buddhism.
>
>Since H-Buddhism is an archived mail list, leaving the remnants of
>prior posts in the bottom of your responses to the list creates
>unnecessary and problematic duplication in the case of archive
>searches. It also sometimes creates confusion regarding the content
>and object of the response.
>
>Therefore, we greatly appreciate it if, after hitting the "reply"
>button, you take a moment to edit your message. If there is pertinent
>information from the prior post that you would like to cite, please
>move it up in the message so that it appears *before* your own
>response. Unless you are explicitly referencing the remaining material
>(e.g., as appended posting information, such as an announcement),
>please delete it. In this way, your signature should be the last piece
>of information in the message.
>
>Thank you for your cooperation.
>
>The List Editors
>\end{plagiarized text}
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>Richard Hayes
>Department of Philosophy
>MSC03 2140
>1 University of New Mexico
>Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
>
>http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
>rhayes at unm.edu
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