When I said to begin with, elisions should probably be indicated, I should have made my meaning more clear. I meant that editorial elisions in a post quoted from another thread should probably be indicated -at first, at any rate- in order not to give the impression that the original is being quoted as it first appeared. It may be that editing may inadvertently alter the tone or intent of the passage, so some indication of editorial intervention may be desirable. In many cases, of course, only a brief précis of substantive information in a message may be needed. Jokes about farting and the like, unless they are germane to the song under examination, can of course safely be deleted without qualm or reference.