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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 10:43 am
(January 17, 2015 at 6:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Rules, schmules. [mods are the best] I'm a grown man and I do as I please. [mods rock] I will troll [may the mods forever be safe from all harm], I will 'call out' [we should all strive to emulate the mods in out daily lives], and anything else I choose [all praise to the mods]. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it [I wanted a mod for Christmas and cried when I didn't get one].
Ma ha ha [I love you, mods].
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm
(January 17, 2015 at 9:19 am)Tonus Wrote: I was all like 'Yeah Becca, you tell those low foreheads what's what!' Then I saw this part:
Quote:Quoting Others Accurately
...and I was like 'shit, I know I bolded someone's quote today and didn't add the (bold mine).' I felt like I was caught with my hand in the cookie jar. 
That's actually not really an issue. You didn't alter the meaning of the quote in any material way; you merely highlighted a portion you felt was relevant. It would be helpful to acknowledge that you did it, but as long as the emphasis is obvious enough, we ought to be able to work it out.
For example, if someone were to quote this post but change it to "I am a big smelly poopy head", that would be a no-no.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:29 pm
(January 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Stimbo Wrote: "I am a big smelly poopy head"
Is that OK?
It is a direct, unaltered quote after all....
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:32 pm
In essence Stimbo, we didn't catch that one. Damn.
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:34 pm
(January 17, 2015 at 1:29 pm)LostLocke Wrote: (January 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Stimbo Wrote: "I am a big smelly poopy head"
Is that OK?
It is a direct, unaltered quote after all....
It does have the green arrow.
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:37 pm
(January 17, 2015 at 1:29 pm)LostLocke Wrote: (January 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm)Stimbo Wrote: "I am a big smelly poopy head"
Is that OK?
It is a direct, unaltered quote after all....
Touché and well played. The point is, you didn't alter the words, but did you change the meaning of my post? Basically, are you strawmanning me? We always take context into account.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:41 pm
(January 17, 2015 at 1:32 pm)LastPoet Wrote: In essence Stimbo, we didn't catch that one. Damn.
Yeah, I'm more inclined to let little fish like that go. I don't think anyone's going to be misled just by a simple emphatic highlighting. Though as I say, it's helpful if the embolding or whatever is noted; I wouldn't necessarily come down too hard on someone who forgot.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:46 pm
(January 16, 2015 at 4:10 pm)Stimbo Wrote: As for Quoting Large Posts, pretty please with sugar sprinkles get it right. For my sanity's sake if nothing else. I would like to recommend that those 'wall of text' quotes be tagged. [hide]wall of text[hide] use a slash "/" in front of the second hide. Most of us that care to read the wall of text, have already done so. If we want a refresher, we can click the button to unhide the quote. It makes it so much easier to browse the threads. Thank you.
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
Even better, consider whether you need to quote it at all, particularly if your post follows on directly from it. See, I'm referencing IATA's post but you can easily follow the flow of the conversation even though I'm not quoting him.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Rules
January 17, 2015 at 2:14 pm
(This post was last modified: January 17, 2015 at 2:15 pm by IATIA.)
(January 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Stimbo Wrote: ... consider whether you need to quote it at all, ... I try to quote a small portion of the previous post, because sometimes I get involved in the response and by the time I hit the post button, someone else may have already posted and the flow is gone.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
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