stonemason Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 How about a New Year resolution for everyone here namely not to copy and paste everything that someone has written, before giving your answer/opinion. Some of the posts on the forum consist of 30% information and 70% quotation, and perhaps it's my grumpy old man side but I find it's turns reading otherwise interesting threads into a very tedious business.Grump over very Happy New Year to all.Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegee Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 How about a New Year resolution for everyone here namely not to copy and paste everything that someone has written, before giving your answer/opinion. Some of the posts on the forum consist of 30% information and 70% quotation, and perhaps it's my grumpy old man side but I find it's turns reading otherwise interesting threads into a very tedious business.Grump over very Happy New Year to all.This counts as a second heartfelt vote!!DaveG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Yeah!I don't know why people do this?To me it makes no sense kjhgy !Perhaps some of the clever folks can inform us?Whom seem to be the worst protaganists(not sure what it means but it sounds good)Happy New YearNeil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU GUYSWhat a waste of time 'unnecessary Quoting' really is ~ Besides causing confusionwith an important Topic, it very often destroys the 'topic-thread' and contributorstend to wander Off-Topic with items bearing no relevance what so ever to the Topicunder discussion.Perhaps the "Attachment" to this post might just point Members in the right direction."Alternative"..Simply 'Hi-light' the sentence of interest in a Post with the LH.Mouse Button, then RH.Clk the 'Hi-light' --> select Copy --> then go to your Reply, RH.Clk anywhere in your reply and Paste in the copied quotation.Brian.Conflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmccammon Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I don't find the inclusion of quotes nearly as obtrusive or awkward as others responding to this thread. Brian's suggestion may help ease the angst but sometimes the person responding wants to keep their comments in context of the original text. If a lengthy quote bothers me I just scroll on. Sorry, I just don't see it as being that big of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fh1805 Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I'm with you all the way on this! I accept that there are times when a quote of some kind is a useful way to set ones own reply into proper context. Unfortunately, too often the entire previous post is quoted with no real benefit.When it comes to using PTE we have Lin and Jeff's excellent PTE v5 User Guide. But I'm not aware of anything similar on "How to get the most out of this forum". Is what we are really identifying, a need for such a User Guide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conflow Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Bruce and Peter,In replying to Post on the Forum I think that many Members 'inadvertently' hit thenearest Reply Button which of course 'Copies & Quotes' the origional Post entirely.This is a bone of contention with many Members and of course we must also respectthose who wish to keep the origional Post intact so not to extract 'text' from context.This was the reason I included a simple 'Instructional Attachment' in my last Post,thisoffers simple choices from a pictorial diagram.But I do agree with Peter, there should be a simple 'Instruction Sheet' available to allwhich explains how to use the fetures of this 'Invision Board' thus making our Foruma lot more efficient and user friendly. A 'PDF Button added to the top Buttons would do.Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyKay Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I don't have a Grumpy bone in my body...but I agree. Knock it off! Don't you know that excessive copy and paste causes arthritis? Probably some other bad stuff too!I don't think we need an instruction sheet on how to do fancy stuff. Otherwise people will just do it. A simple "Reply" is SO easy! Even I can do it! Conflow's little picture above is great--and enough. (There. That outta be worth a nickel!)jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjdnzl Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Uncontrolled quoting can be a pain, but you can edit the quoted text to remove unnecessary wordage.Properly done, quoting can remove the need to scroll backwards to re-read what is being commented on; sometimes in a popular thread one has to go back several posts, or even to a previous page.I am in favor of selective quoting. But quoting the whole post could be a sign of laziness, or perhaps not realizing editing can be done.Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfa Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Uncontrolled quoting can be a pain, but you can edit the quoted text to remove unnecessary wordage.......<SNIP>.....I am in favor of selective quoting.I agree with Colin. PS Happy New Year to all on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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