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I've had enough. I've reported Everena for refusing to quote properly even though she knows how.

LOL useless report...


Anyway, there is a way to quote properly, but first, you need to delve into your user control panel and "Edit Options", or just click here: https://atheistforums.org/usercp.php?action=options
Once there, close to the bottom right, you have the option to "Put the editor in source mode by default". For multi-quoting, you must have this switched on. It's one of those things you set once and then forget about it.
Click "Update Options" and you're all set to start typing your replies in full "source mode", which means you'll have to deal with what's called "BB Code". If you notice, at the bottom of the forum, you'll find that it is "Powered by MyBB". Most online forums operate with some form of BB Code.

There is a rather old old BB Code manual here: https://atheistforums.org/thread-3560.html
I'm not sure everything in there still applies, but the quoting function still works the same way. I'd even add that, when you click the reply button on a particular post, you get a more complete version of the quote BB Code - for example, on the bit I quoted from Matilda, above, it has all this:

Code:

[quote='Mathilda' pid='1848603' dateline='1542188149']

• The first part "quote='Mathilda' " refers to the user who you are quoting and then shows up in bold.
  
• The second part "pid='1848603' " provides the link to the post being quoted, by providing the Post ID. Every post on the forum has a unique and incremental ID number. On the post header, on the right side, using the desktop theme, you have a link to the post itself. If you hover the mouse over that link, you'll find that it contains the pid for that post. This triggers the appearance of the green arrow on top of the quote, which is a very handy link to the quoted post.
  
• The third part "dateline='1542188149' " tells us when the quoted post was written. The number is in what's called linux format and it counts the number of seconds since January 1st, 1970. There are sites that will convert to and from this number from and to a normal date, for example: https://www.epochconverter.com/. This number is responsible for the appearance of the date in the quote box, so we have an idea of when the quoted post was written.
  

When quoting multiple bits from a single reply, I copy that "quote" line, try to keep in the clipboard and then paste it into every start of a new bit of text I wish to quote, not forgetting the end quote just prior.... Actually, I put that quote under the bit I want to reply to and write my reply under the end quote tag. This is what it may look like:

Code:

[quote='Mathilda' pid='1848603' dateline='1542188149']
I've had enough.
[/quote]
You and me both, sister!

[quote='Mathilda' pid='1848603' dateline='1542188149']
I've reported Everena for refusing to quote properly even though she knows how.
[/quote]
That was a useless report.
Better to educate properly, than assume things.

But you can just use a new quote tag like this, on the second quote, it is assumed that this quote refers to the same quote before:

Code:

[quote='Mathilda' pid='1848603' dateline='1542188149']
I've had enough.
[/quote]
You and me both, sister!

[quote]
I've reported Everena for refusing to quote properly even though she knows how.
[/quote]
That was a useless report.
Better to educate properly, than assume things.