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Author Topic: Posting Etiquette  (Read 1905 times)

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It's not as complicated as it may seem...
Hi all,

I've noticed that some folks when wanting to quote all or part of someone's post inside their own, don't use the "QUOTE" button as the means to initiate the reply process. Instead, "REPLY" is used, and a copy and paste is performed using the "Insert Quote" icon as the place-holder for the quoted portion.

This sort of works, but the "who", "where", and "when" regarding the quote is completely lost, and anyone wanting to go back to the original post or just wanting to know from whom it came for example, are out of luck.

I would encourage all here to use the "QUOTE" rather than the "REPLY" button when intending to respond to a post with some or all of it quoted. For quoting only a portion, just simply delete the portion you wish not to be included in the quote.

As an added benefit, you will find it faster and more efficient to do it this way, as some steps in the "manual" method are skipped.

For those that may want to take this a step further, in cases where you want to respond to several portions of a post point-by-point, again use the "QUOTE" button to get all of the post. Then begin manually inserting the appropriate {/quote} and {quote} code as required. Here is an example, but please note: (code in purple, point-by-point quotes blue, and point-by-point responses in green) (colors are for illustration purposes only) (all "{ }" is actually "[ ]" in the generated and manual code):

{quote author=Room3327 link=topic=384.msg5706#msg5706 date=1285968023}<----auto-inserted code
ION,
It is my understanding that HHO in exactly the split water percentages does infact implode when ignited, but when it is being injected into an engine it is being mixed with outside air and gas which changes everything and the mixture actually explodes.

{/quote}<----manually-inserted code
That was my understanding as well.

{quote}<----manually-inserted code
The hydrogen and oxygen act to produce cleaner and more complete burning of the hydrocarbons  increasing power and mileage.  I think Farrah knows more about this.
{/quote}<----auto-inserted code
Agreed, Farrah seems to have a good background on HHO experiments.



The actual post from above will look like this (be sure to use "[ ]" and not "{ }" when typing manually-inserted code:

ION,
It is my understanding that HHO in exactly the split water percentages does infact implode when ignited, but when it is being injected into an engine it is being mixed with outside air and gas which changes everything and the mixture actually explodes.
That was my understanding as well.

Quote
The hydrogen and oxygen act to produce cleaner and more complete burning of the hydrocarbons  increasing power and mileage.  I think Farrah knows more about this.
Agreed, Farrah seems to have a good background on HHO experiments.




Thanks,
.99
« Last Edit: 2010-10-02, 01:42:05 by poynt99 »


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