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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Was this brought on by my joke in the Photos thread? I changed what Tiberius' quote said for comedic effect and then said "Fixed that for you". If that silly joke brought this on, I apologize for making it seem necessary. It was quite obviously a joke.
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Oh, no, Paul. That was not it at all. I didn't notice that. I believe there is wording in the rule that allows for changing, as long as it is pointed out that it has been changed. The point of the rule is to prevent insulting via quotes and making misquotes appear legitimate.
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 3:38 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2012 at 3:39 pm by Paul the Human.)
Ah. Okay, thanks. I know that it's a bad thing to change someone's quote and would be quite pissed if someone did it to me, so I felt a little weird about doing it even for a joke. My guilty conscience got to me. Heheh
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 3:41 pm
That happens to me all the time. It's called paranoia. /kidding
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2012 at 7:12 pm by Ryft.)
What if your obsession for proper spelling and grammar is the reason for changing someone's quoted material? In such cases the content is not truly changed; it still says the exact same thing but with proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and so forth. And with the link back to the original anyone can confirm that it says the exact same thing. I typically do not indicate when I have done this to the quoted material, if only because I am well known to do it to practically every quoted material. Moreover, when the person's point can be made more clearly by rearranging or adding words, I do so but indicate having done so by placing the changed wording within square brackets (thus indicating that it is my rewording of their statement).
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Even an added comma can change the meaning of something. I believe this is a popular meme among nerds. At any rate, it's unnecessary to edit people's posts for spelling and grammar. If you're going to do it, I suggest adding bolding to your corrections. Of course, the rest of the staff may weigh in on this as well and potentially come to a consensus that differs from my opinion.
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 7:17 pm
I quoted someone and left that unchanged, but then I copy/pasted what he said and changed some words around to make a point. This that cool? I can link you where I did it.
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RE: Please don't abuse the [quote] system
May 7, 2012 at 7:18 pm
If you made it clear that you were doing that, there is no problem.