Advice on quote editing
April 27, 2014 at 10:25 pm
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2014 at 10:26 pm by Faith No More.)
There has been a recent increase in the quoting of large amounts of text on the forum lately, and since the staff likes to keep the place easy on the eyes, we agreed that it would best to make an announcement addressing the issue.
When quoting someone, please edit out the parts of the text that are not replying to, or if you don't feel comfortable altering the content of the post, use the hide tags to condense the text you are replying to. To use hide tags, simply put an open hide tag at the begining of the text you want to quote and a closed hid tag at the end. It would look like this...
The staff would staff very much appreciate you taking the time to do this, because when we have to deal with this issue we must make a report, edit the post, complete the report, and then archive it. If you have any questions, feel free to raise them here.
Thank you.
When quoting someone, please edit out the parts of the text that are not replying to, or if you don't feel comfortable altering the content of the post, use the hide tags to condense the text you are replying to. To use hide tags, simply put an open hide tag at the begining of the text you want to quote and a closed hid tag at the end. It would look like this...
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[hide]
Atheists choose to go to hell, derp.
[/hide]The staff would staff very much appreciate you taking the time to do this, because when we have to deal with this issue we must make a report, edit the post, complete the report, and then archive it. If you have any questions, feel free to raise them here.
Thank you.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
