Well, I’m the type of person you would rather err on the side of caution just in case someone is confused about whose post I am referring to, and which quote what I am referring to - especially if it is a busy thread with lots of different opinions flying around.
I don’t like it when people quote a whole long section, when they should have just edited it down to a sentences or two (the part the are referring to). But everything else doesn’t bother me too much. But I’ll try to take that advice on board, PV. I think it was me your were talking about.
I just thought that I should remind both old and new members of the issue of unnecessary quoting, since I’ve noticed alot of that going on lately:
When possible, please refrain from quoting an entire post, as it is often unnecessary and clutters up the boards (unless you are only quoting a section of the original post). If the original members’ post is directly above yours – or even three posts directly above your reply – then there is no need to quote that person’s entire post. A more simplistic way to reply to someone is by stating their name in bold right before your reply, so as to emphasize exactly who you wish to talk to. For example:
member’s name - You put the marshmellows in the freezer? That’s awesome! What was the result…?
This system is a bit more effective and helps to keep the forum boards, as a whole, less cluttered.
rachel and The Star Swordsman - Heheh. Thanks. You two are fine; it’s a few other members around here who are…umm… “uncorking the wrong bottles”, but I shall keep their names in the undisclosed section.
I’m just bringing this topic back up again as lately there’s been a lot of ‘questionable quoting’!
So please, if you’re replying to something someone has just said, using Mitch’s idea of putting their name in bold and then writing your message keeps the boards uncluttered. In particular, quoting within quotes is unnecessary and makes topics difficult to read, so please try not to ‘over-quote’.
I’ve been noticing it too. The worst thing: Quoting posts with lots of pictures in them. The least you can do is remove the IMG tags. It gets pretty annoying.
I brought this up a while back (as in, last week), and apparently no one re-read this. If it’s out of my place to continue bringing this topic back up, mods feel free to correct me - but the quoting is getting very, very out of hand here.
If you want to respond to what a member’s said, simply bold their name and respond to them that way, instead of quoting what they just posted. It keeps the boards from looking cluttered, and excessive quoting in this way really isn’t necessary.
Example (I’ll use mod’s names here, so no one gets offended ):
The wrong, cluttered, confusing way:
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The right, more organized way:
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It’s very easy.
Hope that helped a few people out here. Personally this has gotten very irritating and feels a lot like the boards are being spammed. Again, if it’s out of my place to bring this up and explain, by all means mods, correct me.