>>Please tell me in which case it would be necessary to quote the whole 
>>post your refering to as a whole (Quoting the whole post in several 
>>parts, each answered/commented individually is of course a totally 
>>different matter :)

> Quite simply: As the need fits.

So you really needed to include this last paragraph of my post in your 
post, even if you didn't refer to it/comment on it and it had nothing to 
do with the rest of your post?
I'm talkin about this paragraph:
 >(and yes, I know that news.povray.org is not usenet)
 >>
 >>Florian


>>http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/documents/quotingguide.html

> You really think someone's website is the Holy Bible on usenet
> behaviour?

Nope. But in Usenet, there's (in almost all groups) a common sense of 
how posters treat each other. It's about respect. If you don't have the 
time to prepare your post properly (by choosing the right quotes etc.), 
why should anyone else spend his time with it? And don't tell me I don't 
have to read/answer your posts. I know that. It's as stupid as saying 
"Hey, I know my music is playin at 120db, but if you don't like it, just 
stop listening to it".
The link I posted points to only one of thousands such sites where the 
rules are actually written down for newbies and people like you - 
although I'm afraid that telling you anything about rules in a community 
is like trying to sell saunas to snowmen - absolutely hopeless.

Florian

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