Not a New forum rule: Quote box must be used

[Jebediah]

It would help the readability of the forum immensely if the mods started making people use the quote box whenever they are making quotes from other sources that are more than one or two sentences long.

I don't understand why someone wouldn't use a quote box. Is there some logic to this I'm missing?

[marbro]

It would help the readability of the forum immensely if the mods started making people use the quote box whenever they are making quotes from other sources that are more than one or two sentences long.

I don't understand why someone wouldn't use a quote box. Is there some logic to this I'm missing?

Quotation marks have traditionally been an accepted way of quoting someone as well.

"Is there some logic to this I'm missing?"

[Jebediah]

Quotation marks have traditionally be...

People didn't "traditionally" post on computer screens via internet forums. It helps readability. Furthermore I don't know what "traditional" readings you have read where the author quotes ten paragraphs from an obscure blog and then only has one line of commentary squeezed in at the bottom. Dickens perhaps?

It's a brave new world my friend. Time to adapt.

[submarinepainter]

let's be clear it is not a new rule .

[Anikdote]

It'd be nice if some people could learn to use the MQ feature as well.

[Shangrila]

Not everyone knows how to use this feature, but perhaps, if you see someone having trouble with it, a helpful hint would be appreciated?

[Angedras]

Not everyone knows how to use this feature, but perhaps, if you see someone having trouble with it, a helpful hint would be appreciated?

hahaha, Perfect Shangrila!

[Iriemon]

It would help the readability of the forum immensely if the mods started making people use the quote box whenever they are making quotes from other sources that are more than one or two sentences long.

I don't understand why someone wouldn't use a quote box. Is there some logic to this I'm missing?

I don't use quote boxes for quotes from external sources, because I use quote boxes to quote the post to which I am responding. I use italics for external sources. I think it is confusing when you use quote boxes for both.