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Title: Quoting a post in a forum—to quote or not to quote? Quoting guidelines for novice and seasoned users alike
Post by: spiros on 31 Jan, 2010, 17:31:39
Quoting a post in a forum—to quote or not to quote? Quoting guidelines for novice and seasoned users alike

Don't quote a post if you are the next person replying on the topic to the post immediately preceding. I.e. don't quote the post directly over yours. It is completely pointless and causes unnecessary clutter and reduces readability/information assimilation speed.

Don't quote an entire post. When quoting a post from another member, don't quote the entire post, especially a long one, unless it is absolutely necessary to make your point. Please edit out whatever is not needed.

Quote only if you reply to a specific point mentioned in a post which is not the last post in a topic. And in that case, limit your quote to the exact point you are commenting on.

— On the whole, quoting is overused in fora, so limiting your quoting will most likely get you further away from inappropriate usage.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Quoting a post in a forum—to quote or not to quote? Quoting guidelines for novice and seasoned users alike
Post by: spiros on 15 Dec, 2010, 12:25:12
To quote or not to quote...
Title: Re: Quoting a post in a forum—to quote or not to quote? Quoting guidelines for novice and seasoned users alike
Post by: Frederique on 15 Dec, 2010, 22:53:55
That is the question... :-)
Title: Quoting a post in a forum—to quote or not to quote? Quoting guidelines for novice and seasoned users alike
Post by: Frederique on 07 Jun, 2011, 11:29:53
I am sharing a tip on how to do this correctly when one wishes to quote something from one board to another.
I prefer posting the important part of a post rather than the I entire thing.

Quote from: Name link=topic=xxxxxx.msgxxxxxx#msgxxxxxx date=xxxxxxxxxxx