27 Jun 16 17:12, you wrote to Anton Shepelev:   
      
    AS>> I have been taught on Usenet that posting short, auto-forwarding URLs   
    AS>> is impolite and that one shall always supply either a short preview   
    AS>> URL or the full one to boot, e.g.:   
      
    AS>> http://tinyurl.com/5rd3lt   
    AS>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/5rd3lt [ Netizens: An Anthology ]   
      
    ak> What is "preview URL"? If I post a short URL of a certain site --   
    ak> where can I get a "preview page URLs"?   
      
   tinyurl.com provides them as shown above... other services may or may not   
   provide them...   
      
    ak> Short URLs are needed only in one case -- when the URL you want to   
    ak> post out is too long. Long URLs look bad, although they are not   
    ak> prohibited.   
      
   and they may require that the user piece them back together...   
      
    AS>> P.S.: Shall  one  employ  the[1]  Fido-style quoting   
    AS>>       with the initials in this echo even when there   
    AS>>       is  no nesting, i.e. only one person is quoted   
    AS>>       (as above)?   
      
    ak> Quoting makes things clear. You should always think that somebody third   
   can   
    ak> enter into the conversation at any moment, and in this case your quoting   
    ak> marks will be useful.   
      
   initials on quotes are definitely nicer and easier to read...   
      
    ak> Although if you cannot make proper quoting (or it is difficult for   
    ak> you) you can surely write in free style. At least in this echo it is   
    ak> acceptable, even though long talks look ugly with bad quoting.   
    ak> Learning is above all things! ;-)   
      
   very true :)   
      
    AS>> 1. Is  this  article  correct?   I  was  vacillating   
    AS>>    bentween it and the zero article.   
      
    ak> Yes, you should put "employ the Fido-style quoting". Similar "to use   
    ak> the English language".   
      
    :)   
      
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