[LMB] Alternate easy methods to tag quotes

[Mark Allums]

Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
> At 10:30 PM 3/9/2008, Elvi Dalgaard wrote:
>> Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
>>>>>> I'll give this carat-thing a shot for quoting; I don't want to hand-carat 
>>>>>> everything, either. But I will try to keep the quoting to the absolute 
>>>>>> minimum.
>>>>>>         
>>>>> Carat?  I thought that was a measurement of fineness in gold? 
>>>>>       
>>>> The word Mikki is after is caret (wedge-shaped mark).
>>>>     
>>> This is a caret:  ^.  It's not normally used for quoting.  I have used it to denote powers of ten (such as, 1000 += 10 ^ 3).
>>>   
>> From the Wikipedia page on the caret:
>> "Another use of the term /caret/ is as a simple name for the 
>> greater-than sign, ">", when used as a prefix on lines of text being 
>> replied to in email or other posts."
> 
> Is there a citation on that statement?  If not, it's invalid. 
> 

Why?  If you know it to be true (2 + 2 = 4) then you are a primary 
source.  Citations on Wikipedia go in circles.

--Mark Allums