Using the "Quote" function correctly

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Another thing that's been selectively 'moderated' recently (presumably due to the sheer weight of time involved to do every 'offending' post) is quoting the message that appears immediately above the reply post.

So here's the reply to the post that appears above.
Personally I don't see the point in quoting the post immediately above, and not even part of it; if you read down the page the reply should make sense like you're reading a (hopefully) sensible book, or a fine magazine like Australian Aviation.

Perhaps we can all make the effort to not just quote every post that appears immediately above where we're replying. This might also help remove the appearance of 'selective' moderating.

[Craig Murray]

Couldn't agree more Nigel. Put simply, it isn't necessary.

There are some that think this method of posting is modus operandi however by following the correct procedure to alert the moderation team to these posts we can hopefully gain a neater, more efficient and legendary forum.

The correct procedure for reporting "Quote abuse" is the "Report Post" icon, click on it and offer forth a clear and valid explanation as to why the post should be edited/removed. This is the preferred method to the time honoured tradition of marinating the user in flammable material, firing up all four burners on the Webbebberkew and dishing out a whopping great grillin'

I'm sure, and don't quote me (couldn't resist the pun!), the moderators will agree.

[Philip Argy]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

So here's the reply to the post that appears above.
.... if you read down the page the reply should make sense ....

The Board offers the option of displaying threads with newest first, which is what I do, so that the latest contribution is at the top rather than the bottom, and the thread reads from bottom to top. So I only have to scroll down a few contributions to pick up the sense of any thread I've not previously followed. It probably saves me a few minutes per visit = 5 mins per day = 35 mins a week .... But I agree with the criticism of superfluous quoting.

[Kurt A]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

presumably due to the sheer weight of time involved to do every 'offending' post

Hi Nigel, you are quite right in fact, when on occasions there could be anywhere between 30 and 60 new posts to read each day.

Originally Posted by Nigel C

This might also help remove the appearance of 'selective' moderating.

Nig, great again, as it's certainly a valid observation. And thank you for pointing it out. As whilst we'd like to be able to 'fix' every post so it appears without the aforementioned "quote"; purely by coincidence, a Moderator may have missed some posts during their read. Everyone's understanding here is greatly appreciated as it's certainly not selective moderating we're applying, or any anti-favouritism at all.

In any case, the below solution should help alleviate any concerns.

Originally Posted by Craig Murray

The correct procedure for reporting "Quote abuse" is the "Report Post" icon, click on it and offer forth a clear and valid explanation as to why the post should be edited/removed. This is the preferred method to the time honoured tradition of marinating the user in flammable material, firing up all four burners on the Webbebberkew and dishing out a whopping great grillin'

I'm sure, and don't quote me (couldn't resist the pun!), the moderators will agree.

Thanks Craig. That's twice for you in one week

[Andrew P]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

The Board offers the option of displaying threads with newest first, which is what I do,

an excellent feature, which I have used since the new board was upgraded

wish other boards had this facility too

Banjo

[Andrew P]

only trade off reading top down, easier if the « Previous Thread | Next Thread » function was at the top of thread

[Justin L]

I find clicking on the "View First Unread" button at the top left of the thread when you open it comes in very handy. It skips down to the first new post of the thread and you can scroll down from there to subsequent new threads.

[Gerard M]

Don't know if this is an option that can be made available or not but what would help the quote system is if you could highlight the section of a reply that your responding to in the original message and then hit the quote function and only have the highlighted bit come up. I know when i do it i just delete what i dont need but especially in the big posts it would make it a lot easier and less work for the mods to keep removing unnecessay quotes.
Is this sort of option avaliable with the board software?

No, its not an option...your method is the preferred one -mod

[Matt_L]

I keep being brought up on it but it is pretty ridiculous when im quoting one line to be told not to quote whole post.

Some common sense is necessary here- i understand we dont want threads with 6-8 line quotes as it clogs etc but with 1-2 line quotes its just stupid to correct someone on it.

Would love some justification,

Cheers

[Moderator]

This seems to be a continuing problem, please remember not to quote the entire above post. Repeat offenders will have posts deleted.