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RS
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March 15th, 2015 at 12:57:45 AM permalink
Sometimes quoting someone only quotes their post and not quotes inside their post....and other times, it'll have a quote within a quote. Is it sub-forum specific, or what?

For example, let's say a post is as follows, by member "asdf":
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Quote: Someone

That's cool


I don't think that's cool!
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I click the QUOTE button, and sometimes it turns to:
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Quote: asdf

I don't think that's cool!


My own response here.
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And other times it turns to:
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Quote: asdf

Quote: Someone

That's cool


I don't think that's cool!


My own response here.
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?????
odiousgambit
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March 15th, 2015 at 6:07:45 AM permalink
I think I know what you mean, if you quote someone quoting someone else, you don't know which way it will come out, sometimes you get the whole kit and caboodle, sometimes just the last poster's comment. You don't know how it is going to go, or have any control over it.
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March 15th, 2015 at 9:41:21 PM permalink
Quote: odiousgambit

You don't know how it is going to go, or have any control over it.



Thank goodness you can delete the parts of the quote you don't want to include, including the undesired quote block.
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RS
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March 20th, 2015 at 4:00:28 PM permalink
Can we PLEASE get this sh*t fixed? It's seriously driving me crazy. One way or the other is fine, but not half-and-half!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deucekies
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March 20th, 2015 at 7:40:06 PM permalink
I've never had a quote within a quote show up, and I often like having those, so I find myself doing some copying and pasting.
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AcesAndEights
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April 9th, 2015 at 8:32:20 PM permalink
Quote: Deucekies

I've never had a quote within a quote show up, and I often like having those, so I find myself doing some copying and pasting.


I think the intent was to avoid huge nested quotes like this:
Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

stuff


These happen all the time on boards where the "default" is to always include nested quotes. For whatever reason, the behavior is inconsistent.
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Deucekies
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April 9th, 2015 at 8:42:39 PM permalink
Quote: AcesAndEights

I think the intent was to avoid huge nested quotes like this:

These happen all the time on boards where the "default" is to always include nested quotes. For whatever reason, the behavior is inconsistent.



Yeah, obviously some discretion is needed.
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