I agree. It’s a bit painful to quote a part of a users comment. It is possibly by typing > and tagging the user then copy pasting the portion of the quote, but it’s a bit cumbersome when you are quoting a long comment from page 1 and there’s multiple pages of comments. The reply button was actually nice for that.
Logos: you have to fix the quote machine
scooter
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Question: who is being quoted when a chunk is cut off + posted?
Add the quoted writer's name after the quote, Logos.
Make the cut a piece to quote simpler, please. I just quote the whole thing.
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I agree. It’s a bit painful to quote a part of a users comment. It is possibly by typing > and tagging the user then copy pasting the portion of the quote, but it’s a bit cumbersome when you are quoting a long comment from page 1 and there’s multiple pages of comments. The reply button was actually nice for that.
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Frank, I'm sorry, I don't understand tagging the user.
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You type the "at" symbol @ and then the user name - a selection will pop up for that on desktop @scooter Edit I can't get it to work on my mobile right now...
Have joy in the Lord!
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how do you even quote?
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by hitting the quote-button (second from left at the bottom of a post)
Have joy in the Lord!
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how do you even quote?
You can also copy, then type a ">" and paste the quoted text. It puts a quote bar on the right and indents the text.
Not elegant, allows you to show who's post you are quoting and then specify which specific text. Using the > and copy/paste, also allows you to quote different parts.
Not very elegant, but I think patience will pay off as Jason and his team start to add refinements now that migrated and up and running.
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Now that we have our previous feedback and forum sites migrated, our focus is improving our new space. We're looking into improving the discussion threads and quoting, but many of the quoting options have been covered above.
Consider tagging users by starting with the @ sign, followed by their name.
To quote portions of text from others, type ">" and then hit the space bar before quoting their text.
I will see about recording a few demonstrations to ensure users are comfortable with these methods as soon as I can.
Sr. Community Manager at Logos.
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Testing the alternate form of quoting:
Consider tagging users by starting with the @ sign, followed by their name.
To quote portions of text from others, type ">" and then hit the space bar before quoting their text.
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@Frank Sauer it didn't work.
Another thing you can do is (if you're on desktop), copy the text you want to quote, paste it into the comment box, and click the little Paragraph icon to the left of the box and change it to the "quote" icon. The text will appear like this comment. However, typos or edits to the original will show up as well. It's a bit cumbersome now because it's a change to how we've always done it, but I'm sure in time it will feel a bit more natural.On mobile, I believe the > method is the only way to do it, but I haven't tinkered much with mobile. PS you can always tell when I make a mobile comment by the fact that the first word in a sentence isn't always capitalized lol.
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I think the convention is start the line with a > then your quoted text. Try the following below without the ‘ marks.
’> quoted text’
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That did seem to work better when I just tested it - though I do see why the suggestions for better quotation are being made with using that step. Quoting from the Old Forums would be great in the New if it is possible to do so.
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''Quoting from the old…'' was superior. I could snag the piece I wanted to quote.
I'll just use the quote button for a total grab.
Thanks to everybody for chiming in.
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Totally agree with the "was superior" @scooter
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@scooter, you're looking at this all wrong. Each time you quote someone like this: @scooter, you get another 'Name Dropper' badge! @scooter, this can't be under-estimated in value. You (@scooter) can become the Name Dropper champion. @scooter, this means, on your account each and every day, you can gaze at all your @scooter badges!
(yes, I purposely didn't 'activate' @scooter). Just illustrating how to build up badges! Need to be more subtle, though.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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[I'm not sure how this post appeared … maybe too many name droppers.]
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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@DMB do we really get more badges for using the "@" tag? LOL
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Don't really know:
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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You have me laughing on a gray/grey day, DMB. The last time I got a badge was Cubs, age 11.
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I've made 100's of forums in PHPbb or invision forums, what platform are you using and can you add some dark mode themes?
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