(May 15, 2011 at 1:20 am)apophenia Wrote: First off, I don't believe the bolding emphasis was in Statler's original post; please, if you change bold, italics or elsewise in a poster's text when quoting, alert your reader that you have done so. Arguably, it doesn't change his meaning any, but that's his decision to make, not yours.
To be fair, that rule was added a day or two before he made that post and it was not announced. If you feel that a post breaks the rules, feel free to report it. You don't have to chastise the poor guy for doing something that was done regularly here until very recently.