Quoting may be appropriate in the kind of forum or newsgroup where people drift in, ask a question and drift out again. The Telework Forum is much more stable than this. Quote selectively from outside texts in the context of a relevant discussion, and tell the forum where to find the original text or the discussion forum where it originated. The author of a message sent to the discussion forum is the copyright owner of that message but by posting it in a publicly accessible forum has effectively placed it in the public domain. The main Telework discussion forum has a European and International focus and the more than 1000 subscribers come from some 80 countries world wide.
Many subscribers have English as a second or even third language.
In some cases they have excellent and valuable contributions to make but they need time to read what has been written and compose their response. In contrast, those who are very fluent in English find it easy to read the message and dash off a reply, so that on some occasions we find that the discussion of a topic moves forward at a great pace - two people may exchange views in the forum more than once in a single day. Someone who may be trying to make a considered response could be deeply frustrated by this, since the discussion has moved on and the exchange of messages means he or she has to rewrite their contribution. This is a particular problem for someone whose English may not be as fluent as yours. It also means that the practical limit of discussion capacity in an email based forum is taken up by only a very few people.