Forum Etiquette

[Uncle Al]

Happy Monday everyone

I'm writing this for all the "NEW" members who are not used to quoting formats.

If you want to quote a person by using the "(quote) button, you may then go into the quote and
delete the stuff not pertaining to your response. If John Doe writes 35 lines of commentary,
and you want to quote only part of that commentary, you do not have to quote the whole post.
This will keep posts shorter and to the point of your comments. The 'older members' have been
doing this for years, and it is quite easy.

If you copy a portion from a post, paste it into your new post, but you want to show it as a
quote, you can type {quote=John Doe} above or in front of, what you've pasted in your reply,
then type {/quote} after your pasted comment.

Example; {quote=John Doe} this pains me{/quote}
Change the {-bracket-} to [-bracket-] and the result is

this pains me

ALSO you have a "Preview" button, just to the left of the "Submit" button.
USE IT to proof-read what you're writing. This will help you to check for
grammar and spelling errors.

I hope this helps many newer members in writing their comments.

Uncle Al

[Grok]

When quoting, it is easy to delete the parts you don't need to make your point. You delete parts of a quote the same way you would delete (if making a correction) your own words before posting.

[crfriend]

Also, periodically interacting with the "Preview" facility will reset the "idle timer" that runs when links have not been selected, and that timeout expires after one hour and will log one off. Selecting the "Preview" button (or any other link) will reset the timer -- and give one an indication of what the finished post will look like; this is important to gauge the efficacy of quoting. We've had a few folks complain about that timeout (mostly slow composers who get indignant when they don't get their way).

[skirtyscot]

Happy Monday everyone

I'm writing this for all the "NEW" members who are not used to quoting formats. ... [useful info] ... I hope this helps many newer members in writing their comments.

Uncle Al

Thank you, Uncle Al. Those fully-quoted posts do my head in!

[r.m.anderson]

Also remember in your lengthly post(s) to frequently save {Save Draft} your work - least QWERTY fumble fingers scores a knock out deletion or relocation of your Opus Grande - - -

Egads I hate that when that happens !

Perhaps you didn't lose your Opus Grande but the Great Void is a common repository for such work UNSAVED !

[moonshadow]

Also another trick I learned is when replying, once you have your text box open (where you type your reply) you can scroll down into the conversation history and highlight the lines you want to quote with your mouse, then above the history you'll find the "quote button"... press it and it will quote only the text that is highlighted.

[rivegauche]

The ones that puzzle me are the posts that consist only of a long quote, without adding any new text of their own. Why?

[crfriend]

The ones that puzzle me are the posts that consist only of a long quote, without adding any new text of their own. Why?

That will happen if somebody who thinks they're editing a post instead accidentally selects the "quote" icon (the one with the quotation mark in it) instead of the "edit" icon (the one with the pencil). That's just "pilot error" and not a violation of etiquette.

[rivegauche]

The ones that puzzle me are the posts that consist only of a long quote, without adding any new text of their own. Why?

That will happen if somebody who thinks they're editing a post instead accidentally selects the "quote" icon (the one with the quotation mark in it) instead of the "edit" icon (the one with the pencil). That's just "pilot error" and not a violation of etiquette.

Ah - thank you

[denimini]

then above the history you'll find the "quote button"... press it and it will quote only the text that is highlighted.

Thanks, I hadn't tried that. Ideal for quoting from multiple posts.

[Sinned]

Carl, the timeout doesn't work for me. I leave a login session for days/weeks on end. I can close the laptop lid on a night and open it up the next day and the session is still there. Also I don't think I have ever had an edit session timeout either. Not that I am complaining, only observing. Interesting.

[crfriend]

Carl, the timeout doesn't work for me.

You may also have "keep me logged in" ticked and cookies fully enabled. That could make a difference. I get logged out after an hour of inactivity and just "deal".

[Sinned]

Yes to the first and don't know but probably to the second.