I Don't Think it is Rude........

[Mary Ellen]

If it's not proper to quote, then why does CC make the quote function available ... and carry a big button to boot?

As so often happens, Jim has succinctly stated common sense.

 

I do VERY much appreciate sniping quotes to the pertinent part(s) and not quoting pictures.

[Copper10-8]

......................

PS: who would dare snip R. Rabbit ?? :eek:

 

Rabbits are there to be snipped, not quoted!

[babyher]

That's one I hadn't heard, & I love it!:D

(Maybe I need to get out more?)

 

 

You haven't heard that one , you haven't been out in a loooooooong time *LOL* Just teaseing

 

Lewis was big in the 30s through the 50s .

 

The movie "The Joker Is Wild" with Frank Sinatra was his biography.

[woody73]

I believe the quote feature helps, as there might be different questions pending at the same time. For example:

 

Do these pants make my butt look fat?

Do you like my cooking?

 

Woody

[usha]

Do these pants make my butt look fat?

Woody

Or, in the case of babies in the pool:

[Pam in CA]

Quoting is fine... and helps identify what the 2nd poster is referring to. What I hate to see is someone quoting a very long post and referring or responding to only a sentence of it. While not rude, it can make things confusing.

[Iris5383]

:confused:The other day I read in one of the threads that a poster said it is rude to 'quote' a previous post when giving a response. I was confused as to why they thought it rude but didn't want to bring it up in that thread as I was afraid that person would think I was being rude to them. :eek: . . .

 

Sail, I thought the same thing when I read that other thread. And I also hesitated and decided not to comment.

 

I'm glad you started this thread. I've learned a lot I didn't know, like multiple quotes. I've done it, but now I know there is a much easier way! :)

[Tamaracboy]

Rabbits are there to be snipped, not quoted!

 

Actually my favorite quote is from Jessica Rabbit :

 

"I'm not really bad, I'm just drawn that way"

;) ;) ;)

[Tamaracboy]

Quoting is fine... and helps identify what the 2nd poster is referring to. What I hate to see is someone quoting a very long post and referring or responding to only a sentence of it. While not rude, it can make things confusing.

 

Lessons on Quoting, Multiple Quoting, Sniping, Responding to separate segments of one quote, inserting (& sniping) photos and countdown clocks will take place in the Crow's Nest immediately following the CC M&G ! :cool:

 

HAL will invite various CC posters on a rotating basis to a free cruise for their instructional services. :) :)

 

Time permitting, there will also be classes in the proper use of the "Flame" button.

 

(best suggestion yet, IIDSSM) ;)

[Copper10-8]

Actually my favorite quote is from Jessica Rabbit :

 

"I'm not really bad, I'm just drawn that way"

;) ;) ;)

 

Good one!

Find that 'mole' yet?:cool:

[SuperTrooper00]

If someone thinks it "rude" to be quoted then perhaps it is something they are ashamed of having written in the first place ?? :confused:

 

Maybe. However, I must be in the minority, because I think it is rude to quote.:D

[kryos]

If a poster writes something and I wish to comment about what they have said, and possibly there are intervening posts between that one and where I will be writing my response, isn't it confusing to NOT specify to what I am replying and about what I am commenting?

I think the person may have been referring to people who quote the entire post ... including one that could be extremely long ... just to respond to one sentence. I guess I wouldn't call that rude ... just annoying.

 

If someone wishes to read the entire post, they could always go back in the thread and read the entire thing. If you're only responding to a sentence or two, then quote them ... not the whole thing.

 

Perhaps that's what they meant?

 

Blue skies ...

 

--rita

[jhannah]

Lessons on ... Sniping ...

Don't need lessons for those. Lots of snipers appear here.

[kyriecat]

Don't need lessons for those. Lots of snipers appear here.

YIKES! :eek: Maybe I need to stay on the RC boards. There's lots of whiners, flamers, and generic whackos, but no SNIPERS (maybe some snippers) that I'm aware of.

[sail7seas]

Sail, I thought the same thing when I read that other thread. And I also hesitated and decided not to comment.

 

I'm glad you started this thread. I've learned a lot I didn't know, like multiple quotes. I've done it, but now I know there is a much easier way! :)

 

Thanks, Iris.

I was wondering if anyone else remembered reading that post. It surprised me no one commented they, too, had seen it.

[usha]

Thanks, Iris.

I was wondering if anyone else remembered reading that post. It surprised me no one commented they, too, had seen it.

I don't remember seeing that. Could someone post a link to it?

[jhannah]

... but no SNIPERS (maybe some snippers) that I'm aware of.

One-hit wonders who come in, fire their shot, then vanish into cyberspace? Oh, yeah. We have them every now and then.

[babyher]

Thanks, Iris.

I was wondering if anyone else remembered reading that post. It surprised me no one commented they, too, had seen it.

 

 

I don't remember the post either Sail

 

I just wrote this and quoted you to annoy the person that thought quoteing was rude :):):)

 

Ain't I a stinker?? *LOL*

 

heading off to my room now :), I wish it was my cabin

[sail7seas]

ROFLMAO ....:D Good you knew to go to your room and didn't wait to be sent. :D

 

 

 

For those who want a link to the post that prompted this thread...... I honesty don't remember which thread it was in but even if I did, I wouldn't search it down for fear someone would think I started this thread as an attack on the poster. This thread was NOT intended to be that.

[Atomica]

I never thought I'd see a thread debating the legitimacy of using quotes.

 

I agree with everyone else - I see no problem with it, and in many cases it is needed, particularly if you're referring to a post that is buried on another page. Quoting, if anything, is proper form for responding to a question.

[usha]

For those who want a link to the post that prompted this thread...... I honesty don't remember which thread it was in but even if I did, I wouldn't search it down for fear someone would think I started this thread as an attack on the poster. This thread was NOT intended to be that.

Dang it, s7s! And here I was, all ready, with my torch & pitchfork...;)

[usha]

For those who want a link to the post that prompted this thread...... I honesty don't remember which thread it was in but even if I did, I wouldn't search it down for fear someone would think I started this thread as an attack on the poster. This thread was NOT intended to be that.

How about if you just...:oquote it:o?

[sail7seas]

how about if you just...:oquote it:o?

 

 

 

:d

:d

[pipedreams62]

[jtl513]

{watches picture}

Okay, I missed the joke on this one. What do watches have to do with quoting?

 

Are you saying "It's time!" ?

 

:confused: