+ (gnus-summary-reply (gnus-summary-work-articles n) wide))
+
+(defun gnus-summary-wide-reply (&optional yank)
+ "Start composing a wide reply mail to the current message.
+If prefix argument YANK is non-nil, the original article is yanked
+automatically."
+ (interactive
+ (list (and current-prefix-arg
+ (gnus-summary-work-articles 1))))
+ (gnus-summary-reply yank t))
+
+(defun gnus-summary-wide-reply-with-original (n)
+ "Start composing a wide reply mail to the current message.
+The original article will be yanked."
+ (interactive "P")
+ (gnus-summary-reply-with-original n t))