BarneyS
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Folks,
I spend quite a bit of my valuable moderating time editing posts to remove unnecessary quotes. I do this to keep both myself and you from seeing the same posts over and over again when two members are discussing back and forth.
Quick question for those of you who just hit the "quote" button every time you answer a another member. Would you repeat, word for word, everything someone said to you as you talk with them in person? Of course you wouldn't and the same thing applies here. There is no reason at all to quote someone who posts immediately above you in the thread.
Naturally, if you are replying to someone who posted earlier in the thread, with several other replies in between or is on a different page, then the use of the quote is perfectly applied.
I would hope that those of you who do just hit the quote button when replying to a member post would take notice of my words above, and if you don't, be advised that your posts may disappear into never never land instead of being edited to fix the improper use of the quote feature.
Thank you.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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StirCrazy
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BarneyS wrote:
I would hope that those of you who do just hit the quote button when replying to a member post would take notice of my words above and if you don't be advised that your posts may disappear into never never land instead of being edited to fix the improper use of the quote feature.
Thank you.
Barney
On the opposite side of this is the people who don't use the quote system and you have no idea who they are replying to. you can also edit out the parts of the quoted text you are not replying to specifically and pictures to reduce the amount of stuff you have to filter through.
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BarneyS
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You are 100% correct but we have some members who either don't know this or are too lazy to do it.
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Good advice and I limit quotes but unfortunately I have no way of knowing my reply will be next in line or numerous other posts in between. Think of it as a multiiple person phone call and I respond to a comment 15 minutes earlier and hence not context. But I can and do make a educated assumption. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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BobsYourUncle
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BarneyS wrote:Folks,
I spend quite... Snip
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Agreed Barney, the posts get long and hard to follow. Thanks for this.
This is what I do to avoid all the repeat info, and to make it known what post I am referring / replying to.
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BarneyS
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CA Traveler wrote:Good advice and I limit quotes but unfortunately I have no way of knowing my reply will be next in line or numerous other posts in between. Think of it as a multiiple person phone call and I respond to a comment 15 minutes earlier and hence not context. But I can and do make a educated assumption.
Actually, that may be quite rare. I have been posting on RV.net for 23 years and moderating for 22 and have run across that situation only now and then. It did not pose a problem for me to keep things in order and understand the post.
If you are reading a post and then reply to it, your reply should follow immediately after it. Even if there are several posts in between it is very easy to follow the discussion from my experience.
Barney
edit: HA - looks like it just happened to me. BobsYourUncle got in there before my post to you which included the quote. No problem..Easy to follow.
He has some good advice concerning this. Use of the Snip can really help with understanding a long conversation. Good example also by including his quote of my opening post and using the snip tool to shorten it up.
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What if your Grit, or 12V and are on "timeout" or "special" posting delay...?? Their responses may not be in line? ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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BarnyS,
We all appreciate the mods efforts.
Regards, Don
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Cummins12V98
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HEY nobody has ever said i was inline !!!
I do try to separate my posts and not repeat the same ol but sometimes I like to see the same pic over and over again like my B&W hitch pic.
But seriously Barney I do appreciate all your efforts, THANKS!!!
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StirCrazy
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BarneyS wrote:You are 100% correct but we have some members who either don't know this or are too lazy to do it.
Barney
This just shows my point more clearly. Who are you replying to? I am assuming it is me, but it could have been a deleted comment and the more the conversation goes on the more confusing it gets. but ya when some one posts 3 pictures, and it is quoted with the pictures 23 times it gets a bit much usually I use quotes to address a specific part of the quote, so all the unimportant stuff is taken away, but like you said that doesn't always happen
Steve
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