On Feb 8, 2013, at 7:55 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > My personal instincts as an author run somewhat closer to > Melinda's criterion than to Don's but my bigger concern is that > trying to make specific rules about this will result in an > extended rat hole tour that ends up with rules that don't work > well for edge cases we don't anticipate. Yes. I tend to acknowledge comments on a draft, and to separately acknowledge comments that included text or which resulted in large changes - I do both Don and Melinda's algorithms. The important thing is, though, to be liberal in what one includes, and to be conservative in the application of legalistic rules.