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WhyPhilWhy?
WhyPhilWhy?
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Please exercise some discretion before using the Quote button in a reply.
Ask yourself, can the other recognisably intelligent (and good-looking) Nicksters simply scroll up a little way to see the post to which you are no doubt making an erudite and thoughtful reply?
Consider too whether its really necessary to quote a quoted quote that's already done the same - sometimes to the extent that we end up with one line of reply, over-shadowed by the 50 nested lines from the 20 quotes above it.
And always remember that you can always edit the quote to include just the phrase you think is relevant. Select and delete anything unwanted between the 2 [ quote ]...[ /quote ] tags (spaces used here to avoid formatting).
You can even use the Preview button to check just how startlingly concise and to the point your contribution will be.
Thanks...the mods team
(And please resist the urge to demonstrate what the multiple quoting would look like in this thread. Everyone's seen that one coming...) |
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Skids 
Quitting drinking will be one of the best choices you make in your life.
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Good call.
Totally unnecessary quoting quoted quotes that have been quoted over and over.
'Aint nobody got time for dat.
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thompsoc
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Yes too many looooong quotes.
It does distract.
I have tried to just give a response without the quote.
That is a work in progress for me.
I will try harder in future.
Thanx mods for that reminder.
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Dave The Man 
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Why even have a Quote Function then at all IF Mods don't like it
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Skids
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It's not they don't like it.... just the way it's being used Dave.
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qldmagpie67
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| Philly can we quote you on that ? |
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think positive 
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/\ nope it gets deleted!  
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David
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Why even have a Quote Function then at all IF Mods don't like it |
A quote function is great for referring back to previous posts, like I'm doing now. It's not so great when I'm quoting stuff 5+ posts deep that isn't even relevant to what is being discussed. 
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Joel 
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Why even have a Quote Function then at all IF Mods don't like it |
Just learn to use it properly and there are no issues. I've always disliked having 50 nested quotes in a reply. Good call mods. |
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Dave The Man
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WHAT IS THE BLOODY PROBLEM ABOUT QUOTING SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN ABOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE BLOODY SURE WHAT THE PERSON IS BLOODY TALKING ABOUT. CAN EASILY GETTING BLOODY CONFUSING
THIS IS THE ONLY SITE I HAVE EVER USED HAS SUCH SILLY BLOODY RULE 
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MagpieBat
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You're not going to get anywhere by screaming at us. Cut it out.
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Born to Pie
Born to Pie
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No more over quoting, no screaming and no more hacks, be nice and don't poke the manky bear. Geez how are we supposed to remember it all?
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MagpieBat
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| Born to Pie wrote: | | No more over quoting, no screaming and no more hacks, be nice and don't poke the manky bear. Geez how are we supposed to remember it all? |
Write it down on the back of your hand?
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stui magpie 
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| Dave The Man wrote: | WHAT IS THE BLOODY PROBLEM ABOUT QUOTING SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN ABOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE BLOODY SURE WHAT THE PERSON IS BLOODY TALKING ABOUT. CAN EASILY GETTING BLOODY CONFUSING
THIS IS THE ONLY SITE I HAVE EVER USED HAS SUCH SILLY BLOODY RULE |
Take a valium Dave.
It's not hard to edit a post so you only quote the bit you want to respond to. People who quote posts with multiple quotes already in it make the thread unreadable.
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WhyPhilWhy?
WhyPhilWhy?
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| A reminder from the mods... |
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