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mikem

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Quoting the entire previous post when replying - if it's been superceded by others then fair enough, but even then it helps if any irrelevant parts are deleted.

 
mikem said:
Quoting the entire previous post when replying - if it's been superceded by others then fair enough, but even then it helps if any irrelevant parts are deleted.
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I agree, it?s just sheer laziness.
 
Minion said:
mikem said:
Quoting the entire previous post when replying - if it's been superceded by others then fair enough, but even then it helps if any irrelevant parts are deleted.
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I agree, it?s just sheer laziness.
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Horrendous isn't it, just use the relevant bit.
 
JoshW said:
Minion said:
mikem said:
Quoting the entire previous post when replying - if it's been superceded by others then fair enough, but even then it helps if any irrelevant parts are deleted.
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I agree, it?s just sheer laziness.
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Horrendous isn't it, just use the relevant bit.
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Doesn't it depend on which bit is relevant? What if there are lots of relevant bits that are relevant? After all, relevance it relative.
 
mudman said:
JoshW said:
Minion said:
mikem said:
Quoting the entire previous post when replying - if it's been superceded by others then fair enough, but even then it helps if any irrelevant parts are deleted.
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I agree, it?s just sheer laziness.
Click to expand...

Horrendous isn't it, just use the relevant bit.
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Doesn't it depend on which bit is relevant? What if there are lots of relevant bits that are relevant? After all, relevance it relative.
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Fortunately it doesn't really bother me with short posts...  :tease:

BTW then they aren't irrelevant.
 
To be fair, for anyone using the forum form a mobile phone, it is really tedious to remove parts of a quote and very easy to loose the bits you wanted to keep. Then you have no choice but to start again or give up :wall:
 
I thought this was going to be a thread about how someone hates their neighbours cats digging up and crapping in their garden, or barking dogs, making a noise nuisance. 

Now I feel mislead!
 
You could always start a thread about it! (but in Idle Chat - I also requested the home page to show what forum it was in, to help with this precise issue. Now if it was happening in your cave...)

PeteHall said:
To be fair, for anyone using the forum form a mobile phone, it is really tedious to remove parts of a quote and very easy to loose the bits you wanted to keep. Then you have no choice but to start again or give up :wall:
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That's why that was just an aside. The main comment was quoting something in entirety that appears just above.
 
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