What is 'quoting'?

If you want to use part of another post in the post you are currently creating, you can use the quoting facility. This helps to clarify a point you may be addressing or referring to.

What does a quote look like? There are two different versions of a quote. Here are the two examples and the accompanying code to put in your post to achieve them.

Imagine there is a post that you are going to make reference to that was originally posted by Dr. S and looked like this:

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on a train.
Not in a car. Not in a tree.
I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.
I will not eat them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!


You could put one of the following in your post:

1. The quick quote

And it would look like this:

2. Quote by name

And it would look like this:

You can have the site automatically put the message you are replying to in quote tags for you by clicking the 'reply with quote' button in the lower right of every post. It looks like this->

Remember:

1. What is contained in the quote should be relevant to what is being said (in other words, do not quote a 4,000 word post just to say "damn straight!").

2. All quotes must have the beginning tag:

Otherwise, they will come out screwy.

nJoy