Not a New forum rule: Quote box must be used

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  1. Jebediah

    Jebediah Banned

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    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?
     
  2. marbro

    marbro New Member

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

    "Is there some logic to this I'm missing?" :frustrated:
     
  3. Jebediah

    Jebediah Banned

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    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.
     
  4. submarinepainter

    submarinepainter Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    let's be clear it is not a new rule .
     
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    Anikdote Well-Known Member

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

    Shangrila staff Past Donor

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

    :woot:
     
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    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.
     
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    btthegreat Well-Known Member

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    Psssssssst. Over here. No, over here..under the chair with a blanket over my head.


    I've been in 6 other forums and they all had nifty Wrap
     
  10. S L H

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    What's a quote box?
     
  11. reallybigjohnson

    reallybigjohnson Banned

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    If they had a button for it I wouldn't mind using it. It's a pain to type out the
     
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    OKgrannie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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  13. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    IMHO, it's caused by technological incompetence.

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    There is a button for it.
     
  14. reallybigjohnson

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    I am not talking about the quote button. I am referring those boxes that you can use to put large amounts of text that you scroll through instead of everything showing up at once. I don't see that function on this forum like other forums. I see ridiculously long quotes all the time here and having them in a scroll box would tidy it up a bit.
     

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