How do you quote on this forum?

Foxbat · February 16, 2008, 09:56 AM

On other forums I visit there is usually a Quote button. How do you do it here?

TNFrank · February 16, 2008, 10:02 AM

Good question, I'd like to know that as well.

**Mal H** · February 16, 2008, 10:06 AM

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=251119

nate45 · February 16, 2008, 10:20 AM

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On other forums I visit there is usually a Quote button. How do you do it here?

HuntAndFish · February 16, 2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate45

This is nate45's quote.

You must put QUOTE="nate45" in the first set of brackets. The user name must be in double quotes.

TheBluesMan · February 16, 2008, 10:50 PM

Almost right, HuntAndFish

The username does not have to be in quotations at all. Just put =username after the quote tag.

[quote=nate45]This is nate45's quote.[/quote]
Yields:

Quote:

Originally Posted by nate45

This is nate45's quote.

HuntAndFish · February 17, 2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBluesMan

Almost right, HuntAndFish

I stand corrected.

**Mal H** · February 17, 2008, 11:06 PM

You weren't wrong, H&F. As Dave indicated, you don't need the quotation marks, but it's ok to use them if you wish. It just takes a little more time. You also don't need them when constructing a hyperlink, but it isn't wrong to use them.

[url=http://www.thefiringline.com]TFL[/url]
is exactly equal to
[url="http://www.thefiringline.com"]TFL[/url]
in function.

Actually there is an obscure instance when you need to use quotation marks in the attribution and that's when you want to include quotation marks in the attribution itself. For example:

[QUOTE="HuntAndFish - whose motto is "I do it because we need game food to feed the world.""]I stand corrected.[/QUOTE]

will yield

Quote:

Originally Posted by HuntAndFish - whose motto is "I do it because we need game food to feed the world."

I stand corrected.

BanditSRT8 · February 18, 2008, 12:34 AM

I'm sorry, but this makes me laugh just a little inside.

HuntAndFish · February 18, 2008, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BanditSRT8 who is really the Frito Bandito

I'm sorry, but this makes me laugh just a little inside.

Thanks for the enlightenment Mal.

R W · February 19, 2008, 06:03 PM

Did anyone learn how to quote from these replys.

R W · February 19, 2008, 06:07 PM

Canncelled (was an attemt at quoting)

tplumeri · February 19, 2008, 06:14 PM

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this little bugger is the key.

just like the paperclip symbol is the key to attachments.

cschwanz · March 27, 2008, 08:58 PM

yeah, im not seeing that lil symbol anywhere on any posts. I know how to use the vB coding, but wouldnt a button be easier

tplumeri · March 27, 2008, 10:45 PM

ok, when you hit the reply button a big white empty box comes up.
just above the box is a grey zone that has the little quote icon (looks like a sheet of yellow legal paper)
find a quote, highlight and copy (under edit on browser). then hit reply. hit the little quotey icon and then hit paste (under edit menu)
it wont look right until you hit the submit reply button.
hope that helps
tom

try and quote something back to me

**Mal H** · March 27, 2008, 11:17 PM

It's the button that looks like this:

Al Norris · March 28, 2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by tplumeri

it wont look right until you hit the submit reply button.

Almost.

There's another button, right next tot he reply button, labled "Preview Post." If you click on that button, you will see what your post will look like. In addition, it sets all the tags in the edit box, so that if you don't like how it looks, you can re-edit the message and tags to get it to look how you want.

You can edit and preview as many times as you need, before you actually post.

cschwanz · March 28, 2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

ok, when you hit the reply button a big white empty box comes up.
just above the box is a grey zone that has the little quote icon (looks like a sheet of yellow legal paper)
find a quote, highlight and copy (under edit on browser). then hit reply. hit the little quotey icon and then hit paste (under edit menu)
it wont look right until you hit the submit reply button.
hope that helps
tom

try and quote something back to me

holy crap i think i got it now....

115scott · April 12, 2008, 06:10 PM

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holy crap i think i got it now....

Me too. Thanks

predator86 · April 15, 2008, 02:28 AM

i think the quote button that virtually every other forum has is much easier....

Al Norris · April 15, 2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Mal H

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBluesMan

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBluesMan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawg Haggen

Why don't they just add a quote button like most forums do?

Because people have the annoying habit of quoting the entire post just above theirs and then adding just one or two words of comment.
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ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

NRA Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearms Safety, Personal Protection.

Annoying, no?

+1

The above is the complete quote of this post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by predator86

i think the quote button that virtually every other forum has is much easier....

With a visible QUOTE button, people do get lazy and quote an entire message, only to reply to a small part of the message, instead of actually thinking about what they are replying to and only quoting the relevant passage(s).

This is an adult gun board. If it is too hard to think about what you are saying, to whom you are saying it and to what you are replying to... Then this board is not for you.

Gatorguy · April 15, 2008, 09:37 PM

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With a visible QUOTE button, people do get lazy and quote an entire message, only to reply to a small part of the message, instead of actually thinking about what they are replying to and only quoting the relevant passage(s).

Okay, This is cool.

February 16, 2008, 09:56 AM	#1
Foxbat Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2008 Posts: 367	How do you quote on this forum? On other forums I visit there is usually a Quote button. How do you do it here?

March 27, 2008, 08:58 PM	#14
cschwanz Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: IN Posts: 321	yeah, im not seeing that lil symbol anywhere on any posts. I know how to use the vB coding, but wouldnt a button be easier __________________ SA XD .45 Compact -- 5" Colt XSE -- Glock 21SF Savage Mark-II .22LR Member:NRA, DU, PF Ignorance can be fixed....its called education. Stupid will get you killed!

April 15, 2008, 02:28 AM	#20
predator86 Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: wisconsin Posts: 549	i think the quote button that virtually every other forum has is much easier.... __________________ Beware the man with one gun.

February 16, 2008, 10:02 AM	#2
TNFrank Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2007 Location: Crossville, TN., U.S.A. Posts: 490	Good question, I'd like to know that as well.

February 16, 2008, 10:06 AM	#3
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=251119

February 18, 2008, 12:34 AM	#9
BanditSRT8 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1,135	I'm sorry, but this makes me laugh just a little inside.

February 19, 2008, 06:03 PM	#11
R W Member Join Date: May 2, 2007 Posts: 71	Did anyone learn how to quote from these replys.

February 19, 2008, 06:07 PM	#12
R W Member Join Date: May 2, 2007 Posts: 71	Canncelled (was an attemt at quoting)

March 27, 2008, 10:45 PM	#15
tplumeri Junior member Join Date: September 26, 2007 Posts: 1,919	ok, when you hit the reply button a big white empty box comes up. just above the box is a grey zone that has the little quote icon (looks like a sheet of yellow legal paper) find a quote, highlight and copy (under edit on browser). then hit reply. hit the little quotey icon and then hit paste (under edit menu) it wont look right until you hit the submit reply button. hope that helps tom try and quote something back to me

March 27, 2008, 11:17 PM	#16
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	It's the button that looks like this: