How to quote a post in a new post?

[monto]

How to quote a post in a new post?

[self-taught-mba]

Looks like a "callout" button.

Highlight the text and click it.

[roddy]

like this.

[monto]

Thanks.

Let me have a try.

Looks like a "callout" button.

like this.

[tooironic]

Why can't we just put a quote button on the top of every post so we can quote directly from the source? Or am I missing something?

[monto]

tooironic:

Why can't we just put a quote button on the top of every post so we can quote directly from the source?

It sounds a good idea!

[gougou]

Been there, done that.

[roddy]

Add your pleas to that topic if you want. Not completely opposed to the idea of the quote button though, as long as people use it selectively. However for my money things work fine as they are.

You may also want to request the return of the quick reply button, which was removed to stop people replying so quickly.

[imron]

I'll also throw my vote in for keeping things as they are. If people have everything already quoted for them, they're less likely to go in and remove stuff. If quoting has to be done manually, people are usually more selective.

[skylee]

I agree with imron.

Posts with lots of quotes are difficult to read.

[roddy]

I certainly

find it

particularly annoying when

someone feels the need

to microquote someone elses

post like this and

rebut virtually every sentence.

If you think they're that wrong, just

point and laugh at them, surely.

But that's a different issue.

[Lu]

I agree with Imron and Skylee, it's fine without a quote button. A quote button leads inevitably to long quotes when short quotes would also do.

[imron]

this is embarrassing, but could someone tell me how to quote other posts?

Use the quote button

(when you're composing posts, it's the one that looks like this: )

[jbradfor]

Use the quote button

(when you're composing posts, it's the one that looks like this: )

imron, what I think sirenbear is asking (and I'm wondering this too), is that pretty much EVERY OTHER forum I frequent has a way to automatically quote a particular message as a way of starting a new reply. I don't see that here.

sirenbear, if you're asking what I think you're asking, copy the text you want to quote, then click on reply, then click on the quote icon imron mentions, then post the text. Not pretty.....

[adrianlondon]

The logic here is that it's pointless to quote the previous post. Why not just respond to it? The posting rate on this forum isn't that fast, and also it's not threaded so everything just appears as one linear story.

So, in your post, why did you quote the one above?

[Meng Lelan]

So, in your post, why did you quote the one above?

And why indeed am I quoting what Adrianlondon just asked about quoting? I have an awesome idea, we can start a whole new thread about how to quote on the Chinese forums. We're spozed to be talking about Chinese guys in this thread here.

[imron]

That question has been answered here and here. The basic idea is that it makes people think about what they are quoting, rather than needlessly quoting entire posts.

I have an awesome idea, we can start a whole new thread about how to quote on the Chinese forums.

See above

[Meng Lelan]

See above

Awesome imron!

[imron]

Moved posts above from this thread.

[Meng Lelan]

We're spozed to be talking about Chinese guys in this thread here.

Not this thread here, the other thread. Which leads me to the next question, how do I link to a thread I'm referring to? to a website I'm referring to?