[neophyte]

I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.

Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.


Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.

People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.





Those one line comments are annoying as all hell.

[Aaron]

Agree with you there. Some people also post all their complete code/scripts even when the problem they're having occurs before some of their batch scripts are being executed.

[GreenMachine]

Geez, I post one long script, and you are on me like flies on poop! No, seriously you are absolutly right. I don't know about others, but it is very rare that I even read any code that is larger than one screen. My posts, on the other hand, do tend to get long winded, but I can do it all by myself: I don't need to quote anybody!

[devil270975]

Quote

Only joking guys...lol...

i couldnt agree more, allthough i have been the bearer of some VERY large posts in the past

Sorry guys..

[neophyte]

Large posts are ok, its just when a post is made larger due to a quote being added that was completely uneccesary.

There's a perfect example of this here:

http://board.MSFN.or...?showtopic=9425


DaveXP has completely, and uneccessarily quoted the original post, and added a meagre one line reply.

This is the sort of behaviour that irritates me (and I'm quite sure others get annoyed by it too).

[un4given1]

I hate it when someone is the first to reply to a post and they quote the original post. It's like, "DUH, you id***! Of course that's what you are replying to! It's the only thing you COULD be replying to!" Also, I do not feel it is necessary to quote a post that happens directly before yours if it is a one question post. One question=one answer. It's a bit different when someone asks 5 questions and you want to answer each seperately, or if you are answering questions across multiple posts.

[XPerties]

You know what is more irritating?

People who post in the wrong section, Next time try this section:

http://board.MSFN.or...hp?showforum=23

[neophyte]

Yes, well, it may technically be in the wrong section, but this is relevant to this section, because people in here are doing it.

Why post this elsewhere, and not have the people that its most relevant to see it, when it could be posted here, and have the people that need to see it, take note of it.


I, like you, also hate posts in the wrong section, but I do believe this one is rather relevent to a lot of people in here.

[Oh_Kay]

I agree with neophyte, I only visit the unattended forum (it's bookmarked) and would never have seen this post if it had been put any place else... And more importantly I agree with the topic of this post and think ALL the forum users should read and abide by it...

[pmcx9]

neophyte, on Oct 7 2003, 11:31 PM, said:

I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.

Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.


Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.

People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.





Those one line comments are annoying as all hell.

Agreed!

[neophyte]

Hah.


Oh so very funny





*neophyte slaps pmcx9 around a bit with a cold herring

[ThA_FiLeR]

pmcx9, on Oct 9 2003, 03:25 PM, said:

neophyte, on Oct 7 2003, 11:31 PM, said:

I've noticed that a few people in here have a nasty habit of quoting entire posts, and leaving a simple one line reply at the bottom of it.

Worse still, is when people do it and there are large images in the thread.


Not only is it annoying to have to see the whole thread replicated with only a one line response, it's also a bandwidth chewer.

People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.





Those one line comments are annoying as all hell.

Agreed!

I LOVE SCROLLING

[Ghost]

You ppl complain to much. But I might add that it is quite funny.

[Crispy]

ThA_FiLeR, on Oct 10 2003, 01:20 AM, said:

...People, please, if you are going to quote someone's thread, please only quote what is absolutely necessary, or don't quote at all.

I agree, that would be nice! ... One might also include three small dots "..." to illiustrate where text has been removed from the quote. In that way there is no doubt about anything

Moved to Site & Forum Issues

[DaveXP]

neophyte, on Oct 8 2003, 01:22 AM, said:

Large posts are ok, its just when a post is made larger due to a quote being added that was completely uneccesary.

There's a perfect example of this here:

http://board.MSFN.or...?showtopic=9425


DaveXP has completely, and uneccessarily quoted the original post, and added a meagre one line reply.

This is the sort of behaviour that irritates me (and I'm quite sure others get annoyed by it too).

i did that because you they going on about it

[Doggie]

DaveXP, on Oct 10 2003, 05:56 PM, said:

i did that because you they going on about it

perhaps learn to quote properly or just do this for eg

Quote

SOMEPOSTED blah blah <BIG IMG>
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REPLY:
SOMEPOSTED: Yeha blah agreed
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also a few grammar courses would help too.. as that quoted line makes no sense

[ThA_FiLeR]

Doggie, on Oct 10 2003, 03:09 AM, said:

DaveXP, on Oct 10 2003, 05:56 PM, said:

i did that because you they going on about it

perhaps learn to quote properly or just do this for eg

Quote

SOMEPOSTED blah blah <BIG IMG>
-------------------------------------------

REPLY:
SOMEPOSTED: Yeha blah agreed
-------------------------------------------

also a few grammar courses would help too.. as that quoted line makes no sense

SCROLL SCROLL

[XPerties]

ThA_FiLeR, on Oct 10 2003, 07:25 AM, said:

Doggie, on Oct 10 2003, 03:09 AM, said:

DaveXP, on Oct 10 2003, 05:56 PM, said:

i did that because you they going on about it

perhaps learn to quote properly or just do this for eg

Quote

SOMEPOSTED blah blah <BIG IMG>
-------------------------------------------

REPLY:
SOMEPOSTED: Yeha blah agreed
-------------------------------------------

also a few grammar courses would help too.. as that quoted line makes no sense

SCROLL SCROLL

Quoting and scrolling.............

[rik]

Youse Guys are killin me...

[xper]

Doesn't make sense.

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