Quotes and quoting
Jul 16, 2016 | 4:26 am
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Jul 16, 2016 | 9:20 pm
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As the quotation issue is a Technical issue rather than something within the purview of TalkBoard, the discussion has been consolidated here.
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Jul 17, 2016 | 8:31 pm
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Me either.
I have noticed a lot of folk in Omni (where the link in the OP is from & which only Omni-enabled folk can view, btw) have a tendency to do more full quotes than other forums.
Not saying it doesn't happen in other forums btw. It does.
I would find it more annoying to have a quote truncated & then have to click on it to find out it's one that was full. At least on the full quote I can just skip the quote & look at the response.
Note I'm speaking as a FTer & not a TB member re: my above comments.
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I have noticed a lot of folk in Omni (where the link in the OP is from & which only Omni-enabled folk can view, btw) have a tendency to do more full quotes than other forums.
Not saying it doesn't happen in other forums btw. It does.
I would find it more annoying to have a quote truncated & then have to click on it to find out it's one that was full. At least on the full quote I can just skip the quote & look at the response.
Note I'm speaking as a FTer & not a TB member re: my above comments.
Cheers.
Interesting that IBobi suggested this be discussed by TalkBoard to determine if it was something that the community would like to see implemented, and once in the TalkBoard forum, it gets moved back to Technical Support and Feedback.
Jul 18, 2016 | 2:48 pm
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Essentially, I won't pursue something like this unless asked to by the FT top brass. Can you imagine if IB just implemented every change asked for by a single member
Jul 20, 2016 | 6:43 am
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Community Director weighing in here. I agree with kipper. I routinely cut quotes down to the portion to which I want to refer. I dislike seeing quotes where everything is kept including pictures when all that it being commented on is one line.
I appreciate the OPs desire to do the same, but am not confident that software determining a partial quote really accomplishes much. Members would still need to determine if that is the portion that is relevant to the point that the responder wants to make
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I appreciate the OPs desire to do the same, but am not confident that software determining a partial quote really accomplishes much. Members would still need to determine if that is the portion that is relevant to the point that the responder wants to make
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Jul 20, 2016 | 9:45 am
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So, the forum I am thinking of that seems to handle it quite well is an army one, and as such is not really for the faint hearted so I will see if I can find an example that is "safe" later. It is built on XenForo if that helps with the manner in which they accomplish truncation. But here is an example and if there are words that put me on the naughty step it was not deliberate, honest, it is just an example of "Click to Expand" !
Example of "Click to Expand for Quotes".
Example of "Click to Expand for Quotes".
Jul 20, 2016 | 3:53 pm
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So, the forum I am thinking of that seems to handle it quite well is an army one, and as such is not really for the faint hearted so I will see if I can find an example that is "safe" later. It is built on XenForo if that helps with the manner in which they accomplish truncation. But here is an example and if there are words that put me on the naughty step it was not deliberate, honest, it is just an example of "Click to Expand" !
Example of "Click to Expand for Quotes".
Example of "Click to Expand for Quotes".
And I concur with Carol -- it really is up to the user to take the very minimal step of cutting the part of a quote they don't wish to republish.