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Forum section: electronics / general

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 01:48:32 am
content: /.

author: TriodeTiger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 01:50:29 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on August 24, 2012, 01:48:32 amI think I'm an idiot.

author: EEMarc
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 02:07:19 am
content: ^Good one.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 03:25:24 am
content: I think Admin should apply the much vaunted KISS principle and disable the quoting feature. Simplicity is a virtue and this will of course make it so much easier for anyone to follow the protracted and individual branches of discussion amongst multiple posters in a single thread posting at different times of the day/week/month/year.It should also charitably alleviate the perpetual frustration suffered by those befuddled types who are yet to realise that they can simply cast their eyes past identifiable sections of text that they have already read, instead of wasting their valuable time going through it all over again.

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 03:29:52 am
content: Agreed. NO need to quote the entire post.My policy is - snip only the relevant line(s), and UNLESS there's a reason to include the OPs idn, leave it out !That way, you're simply applying an opinion to a statement and no-one gets hurt :-)

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 04:10:07 am
content: Quote from: GK on August 24, 2012, 03:25:24 amThat would be bad, because it's a very useful, and indeed, I think essential, feature.People need to do what I did just there and only quote the part in reference.Without a quote feature, it's hard to tell who's replying to who.Dave.

author: poodyp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 06:16:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 24, 2012, 04:10:07 amSadly that's about as likely to happen as people not starting flame wars.Thankfully the EEVblog forum is much better than places like XDA or candle power forums. I have to fight the urge to stab people in the face every time I have to wade through threads full of full quotes of 4 paragraphs and 18 pictures, thousands of "thanks!" posts, and people asking about the same problem that was discussed ad nauseam two pages back.

author: Baliszoft
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 09:20:55 am
content: When i am using my tablet it is a pita to edit the quote (to get it shorter).

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 09:55:50 am
content: When there are a lot of points you wish to comment on,it is often not worth editing the quote down to eliminate the few bits you are not going to address.Also,if someone else posts in between the one you are answering & your new post,it is often better to quote,so people know whom you are answering.I often insert answers to individual points into the quoted posting,using a contrasting colour and/or font.This is usually easier to read than having the whole block of type with answers tacked on underneath.

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 11:16:19 am
content: Unlike many forums, old posts on eevblog are still very valuable, just as any of eevblog's older videos. Much centers around principles and theory. In order to reference an old post or raise questions within one, you can't escape quotes.Further, in long posts with multiple points, an organized response would quote the points of contention.Aside, one annoyance I find are newsgroups that insists that quotes be above or below the response, that we don't care about in many forums.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 12:27:56 pm
content: The way the quotes work is really good if you're arguing against somebody who makes heaps of typos or uses bad grammar or makes ill considered inflammatory or bigoted statements. That way you can show how stupid they by quoting them before they reread their post and fix up their errors.

author: Jon Chandler
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 24, 2012, 07:05:15 pm
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on August 24, 2012, 12:27:56 pmNot exactly the case but I hate explaining why something is wrong only to have the OP go back and change the original post and then claim he never said it. On one forum I use, modified posts are archived to prevent "revisionist" history.

author: chrome
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 25, 2012, 05:44:46 pm
content: The thing I find much more annoying is when people DON'T use quoting but make up their own weird little system (you all know who I mean).But I agree, only quote relevant sections. On a Dutch electronics forum you also get in trouble for this and even if you do multiple posts back to back .

author: SgtRock
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 25, 2012, 08:11:33 pm
content: Greetings EEVBees:--Having been raised in the Old School, I still find it easier to us "Quotation Marks". This method has been in general use in the written speech of letters, books and periodicals, for lo the many years since the 1600s, and could hardly be considered a weird system, constructed Ad Hoc by some dithering twit.John Doe said "Bla bla bla". Not terribly confusing really. With the use of the ellipsis, I,E. "...", you can get all the pertinent parts of a two hundred word pargraph in 20 or thirty words without multiple citations of the same paragraph, allowing one to get all the pertinent parts on one screen instead of three, thereby enabling the reader to take in the whole monte in one go, rather than scrolling up and down. I do agree with DJ however that the new fangled quotation system should be available to them what likes it."Don't believe a word I say. Check! Do not trust the opinions of Scientists. Trust the data."Christopher Monckton 1952 -Best RegardsClear Ether

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2012, 02:54:18 pm
content: Quote from: chrome on August 25, 2012, 05:44:46 pmKnow exactly what you mean and exactly who you are referring to!.Quote from: Jon Chandler on August 24, 2012, 07:05:15 pmThe quote system works well and it does provide a deterrent to those who post all kinds of personal attack and then delete or revise their posts and play the innocent.End of the day it's about courtesy and ease of reading. There is no need quoting huge posts in there entirety, particularly those including pictures. It's easier to select the phrases you wish to reply to. If the entire post deserves comment it is still worthwhile to break it down into sections each followed by an appropriate reply.