Why not make quoting easier??

Mike_Fontenot · December 12, 2012, 01:29 PM

This is a GREAT forum, but the procedure necessary for quoting someone (including their user name) is a nuisance! Most forums make that easy. Can't that be added to the forum's user interface? (Otherwise, this is a top-quality forum).

**Mike Irwin** · December 12, 2012, 02:54 PM

We used to have a quote button.

People abused it badly.

People would literally quote an entire 400 or 500 word message to add a three word response.

And someone would quote mess to add a response to it, and someone would quote the growing mess, and so forth and so on.

I named it Quotarding.

So, because people refused to think about what they were quoting, they essentially ruined it for everyone.

It would be nice if the forum software had a setting that would strip out nestled quotes (Simple Machines forum software has that), but it doesn't, so a quote button won't be coming back any time soon.

youngunz4life · December 12, 2012, 02:57 PM

mike(1st one),

quoting on this site is very easy. I put the person's name in subject line many times.

as for putting a pix, i know how to attach but do not know how to make it display just by someone viewing the thread(mine is an attachment in blue people have to click on). that is probably easy too LOL but I am clueless on how to do it...

ohiomossyoak · December 12, 2012, 03:38 PM

Copy post,edit to contain part of post you wish to quote an wrap with quote tags...

chadio · December 12, 2012, 03:57 PM

Quote:

I named it Quotarding.

I'll ask you to find a more socially acceptable, un-offensive term than that.

**Al Norris** · December 12, 2012, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chadio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Irwin

I named it Quotarding.

I'll ask you to find a more socially acceptable, un-offensive term than that.

While I'm not Mike, I know him well enough to venture the guess that he will decline (if you knew anything about Mike, you would know he is not at all PC).

**Brian Pfleuger** · December 12, 2012, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohiomossyoak

Copy post,edit to contain part of post you wish to quote an wrap with quote tags...

Exactly! ^^Just like that^^

Paste the part you want to quote into your reply window, select the text, click the quote button

Scroll down below your reply box, find the person's name that you're quoting, select and copy it, and add "={pastethename}" after the word quote, so it looks like [quote=JimBo]

The whole thing takes about 5 seconds.

**Mal H** · December 12, 2012, 04:49 PM

For youngunz - " ... i know how to attach but do not know how to make it display ..."

As you guessed that is easy also. Just grab the attachment URL up to and including the attachmentid and surround it by IMG tags (or use the Insert image icon), and you'll make it display just like any other image.

For example, this code:
[img]http://thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=82231[/img]

will yield this for you:

johnwilliamson062 · December 13, 2012, 02:02 AM

retarded is politically correct again, so Mike WILL have to find another term.

**Mike Irwin** · December 13, 2012, 08:31 AM

OK, I guess I'll be closing down the entire forum, then, because guns simply aren't politically correct, and God forbid any of you who are carping be associated with something so politically incorrect as guns.

How can you stand yourselves?

I don't do politically correct.

I also NEVER refer to a developmentally disabled person as a retard, 'tard, or anything of the like.

That's mean, crass, and derogatory.

I do, however, refer to developmentally NORMAL people, the ones to go far out of their way to be asshats, as 'tards, or a variation of such, because in those cases it is my purpose and intention to be mean, crass, and derogatory to them, and them alone.

So, while your curiously selective PC outrage is noted (as is the delicious irony), it is dismissed out of hand.

youngunz4life · December 15, 2012, 03:11 AM

thx Mal I just PMed myself for when this comes up next time...

langenc · December 15, 2012, 10:44 PM

Exactly! ^^Just like that^^

Paste the part you want to quote into your reply window, select the text, click the quote button

Scroll down below your reply box, find the person's name that you're quoting, select and copy it, and add "={pastethename}" after the word quote, so it looks like [quote=JimBo]

The whole thing takes about 5 seconds.

This just made several of us look like Ja55's.

Is it reply window or reply box-or are there both and where are they????

**Shane Tuttle** · December 15, 2012, 11:54 PM

I believe the question has been answered along with a multitude of posts that have nothing to do with the OP.

Closed.

December 12, 2012, 01:29 PM	#1
Mike_Fontenot Senior Member Join Date: March 7, 2009 Posts: 135	Why not make quoting easier?? This is a GREAT forum, but the procedure necessary for quoting someone (including their user name) is a nuisance! Most forums make that easy. Can't that be added to the forum's user interface? (Otherwise, this is a top-quality forum).

December 12, 2012, 02:54 PM	#2
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,293	We used to have a quote button. People abused it badly. People would literally quote an entire 400 or 500 word message to add a three word response. And someone would quote mess to add a response to it, and someone would quote the growing mess, and so forth and so on. I named it Quotarding. So, because people refused to think about what they were quoting, they essentially ruined it for everyone. It would be nice if the forum software had a setting that would strip out nestled quotes (Simple Machines forum software has that), but it doesn't, so a quote button won't be coming back any time soon. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

December 12, 2012, 02:57 PM	#3
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	mike(1st one), quoting on this site is very easy. I put the person's name in subject line many times. as for putting a pix, i know how to attach but do not know how to make it display just by someone viewing the thread(mine is an attachment in blue people have to click on). that is probably easy too LOL but I am clueless on how to do it... __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

December 12, 2012, 03:38 PM	#4
ohiomossyoak Member Join Date: December 15, 2010 Location: East Central Ohio Posts: 82	Copy post,edit to contain part of post you wish to quote an wrap with quote tags... __________________ First it's pretty tires, then it's pretty guns and bows...next thing you know, you're shavin' your beard and wearin' capri pants

December 13, 2012, 02:02 AM	#9
johnwilliamson062 Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 6,116	retarded is politically correct again, so Mike WILL have to find another term. __________________ $0 of an NRA membership goes to legislative action or court battles. Not a dime. Only money contributed to the NRA-ILA or NRA-PVF. Of course, you could just donate to the Second Amendment Foundation I was feeling pretty good, then I looked around and realized I am not swimming or on fire.

December 12, 2012, 04:49 PM	#8
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern VA Posts: 14,126	For youngunz - " ... i know how to attach but do not know how to make it display ..." As you guessed that is easy also. Just grab the attachment URL up to and including the attachmentid and surround it by IMG tags (or use the Insert image icon), and you'll make it display just like any other image. For example, this code: [img]http://thefiringline.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=82231[/img] will yield this for you:

December 13, 2012, 08:31 AM	#10
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 33,293	OK, I guess I'll be closing down the entire forum, then, because guns simply aren't politically correct, and God forbid any of you who are carping be associated with something so politically incorrect as guns. How can you stand yourselves? I don't do politically correct. I also NEVER refer to a developmentally disabled person as a retard, 'tard, or anything of the like. That's mean, crass, and derogatory. I do, however, refer to developmentally NORMAL people, the ones to go far out of their way to be asshats, as 'tards, or a variation of such, because in those cases it is my purpose and intention to be mean, crass, and derogatory to them, and them alone. So, while your curiously selective PC outrage is noted (as is the delicious irony), it is dismissed out of hand. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

December 15, 2012, 03:11 AM	#11
youngunz4life Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2010 Location: United States of America Posts: 1,877	thx Mal I just PMed myself for when this comes up next time... __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -Admiral Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay 05AUG1864

December 15, 2012, 10:44 PM	#12
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,187	Exactly! ^^Just like that^^ Paste the part you want to quote into your reply window, select the text, click the quote button Scroll down below your reply box, find the person's name that you're quoting, select and copy it, and add "={pastethename}" after the word quote, so it looks like [quote=JimBo] The whole thing takes about 5 seconds. This just made several of us look like Ja55's. Is it reply window or reply box-or are there both and where are they????

December 15, 2012, 11:54 PM	#13
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Blue Grass, IA Posts: 8,258	I believe the question has been answered along with a multitude of posts that have nothing to do with the OP. Closed. __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting