When quoting other people's posts...

[Jog On]

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

[ace00]

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS"

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

[Ravello]

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

WTS.

[FiveTimes]

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

WTS.

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

+1

[Cyberman]

I don't normally quote the OP, but a reply to a later post needs to be copied in part or whole or the reader will not necessarily know who you are replying to.

[Drewster]

Marks and Spencers

[Drewster]

I don't normally quote the OP, but a reply to a later post needs to be copied in part or whole or the reader will not necessarily know who you are replying to.

Oh right! I see what you mean.

Cyberman speaks sense...... drum roll

[Moscow Mule]

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

WTS.

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

WTS.

+1

Is it really necessary to quote an entire post just to answer it with a generic non-specific answer?

When people quote an entire post just to answer it without referring to any particular part of it is there any point in quoting the whole thing rather than just saying what you were going to say anyway?

I see the use in quoting to the whole thing with the relevant bits bolded or just the relevant bits as individual quotes but reading the forum on the train and waiting for great big long pages of entire posts quoted back just with "WHS" can be quite annoying

Thanks..

You've got to be quick in this game.

WHS

WTS.

+1

I don't normally quote the OP, but a reply to a later post needs to be copied in part or whole or the reader will not necessarily know who you are replying to.

How childish of me...

[xoggoth]

I hate this quote thing. Not a big problem on here but on technical boards where you are just looking for an answer and have to scroll through the question and often the subsequent answers over and over it drives me mad.

[Cyberman]

How childish of me...