Quoting Posts

[Ladymuck]

Yes, this is exactly what I have been trying to say HAL9000 - but not quite as succinctly!

[KalamityKel]

I personally get quite confused with the quote box - I mean who said that particular bit? what did it refer to in context? When I quote something (which is not really that often when looking at the bigger picture of course) I cut out the long waffling bits I do not feel relevent to my query or comment.

The whole fisking bit grumbles me slightly more so that it seems to be the "in" thing with work emails these days with all sorts of companies AND applied with different colours depending on whos responding! What is the world coming to?

[KalamityKel]

Ladymuck Wrote:

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> KidKruger Wrote:

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> > - no reason why females can't enjoy such a

> pastime

> > KK.

>

> I've been enjoying fisking in the Drawing Room

> since that room's inception.

LM! I wouldn't have thought you of all ppl were into THAT kinda thing! *gobsmacked*

[Ladymuck]

KalamityKel Wrote:

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> LM! I wouldn't have thought you of all ppl were

> into THAT kinda thing! *gobsmacked*

You should try it. May I suggest that you partake only in the Drawing Room as that's where you'll achieve the biggest thrill. And if you can manage to perform it on an inordinately long post - preferably on one of Huguenot's threads, well then we are talking Royal Icing on Exquisite Cake...the ultimate fisk!;-)

[legalbeagle]

Though if you are going to pick on Huguenot, try not to throw tomatos at him. Poor boy has been rather picked on by the girls this week.

*hee hee*

[Ladymuck]

"Poor boy"!!!???? He deserves every tomato lobbed at him. Besides, I believe he's rather relishing all the attention - don't you?

*double hee hee*

[RosieH]

legalbeagle Wrote:

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> Though if you are going to pick on Huguenot, try

> not to throw tomatos at him. Poor boy...

I know he's no longer of these shores and I know I've never actually seen him, but Huguenot is a forum hottie surely, and warrants not anyone's pity...

[Keef]

For my part, I can't stand people quoting an entire post, just to add a two word reply at the bottom.

With regards quoting a section of someone's post, I don't see the problem, so long as you're not intentionally putting it out of context.

If a poster has written a 2000 word post, and then there are five posts following it, I will often quote a section of their post in order to avoid confusion as to what part of a discussion I am addressing. Don't really see how anyone can lose sleep over such a practice.

I agree that to take every point made, and answer them individually, is a bit pathetic, and self involved. However, I see no problem with addressing a couple of points seperately, if you feel strongly enough about a couple of points to bother.

[Jeremy]

Yep, spot on Keef.

[brum]

I really don't care how people post. If I don't like it, for whatever reason, I skip passed it and move on. I do get irritated however by people who complain about how other people post. It suggests that they have some authority over what is correct, that somehow their way is better than anyone elses. It feels as if they want to impose a view onto others by making negative comments about another view.

This is a forum. It is open to all (provided they follow the rules) and really, who actually cares how they post? It's too divisive to comment about such trivia, in my opinion.

[Mark]

Keef Wrote:

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> With regards quoting a section of someone's post,

> I don't see the problem, so long as you're not

> intentionally putting it out of context.

Yep, spot on.

Lots of people only read the the last few posts of discussion (as I have just done) and including a relevant quotation can help make my point more concise and readable for others, or as HAL said earlier "to provide context without forcing readers to scroll up".

[Keef]

I really don't care how people post. If I don't like it, for whatever reason, I skip passed it and move on. I do get irritated however by people who complain about how other people post. It suggests that they have some authority over what is correct, that somehow their way is better than anyone elses. It feels as if they want to impose a view onto others by making negative comments about another view.

This reminds me of a friend of mine who used to use this forum in the early days. His spelling is shite, as he'll be the first to admit, but one day, another poster, who my friend had disagreed with, rather than arguing a point with my friend, basically said "you can't even spell, so what the f**k do you know about anything". Made my blood boil, and made my friend stop using the forum altogether.

For the record, the other person involved is no longe a regular poster (not sure they ever were).