3DFineries opened this issue on Aug 24, 2015 · 10 posts
3DFineries posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 5:41 AM
@everyone
In this post I'd like to explain the difference between a Forum "Mention" and "Quote". Below each message you will see two distinct buttons one for a "Mention" the other a "Quote".
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A quote is a simple way to reply to someone within the same thread or on the same page of a conversation.
However, let's say you needed to reference a post across different/multiple threads. This is what a mention is for.
A mention will not only link to that post within yours, but will also place a small reference under the post being mentioned so that way users can easily travel to and from the mention.
It is recommended to only use a mention when the post you are referring to is either on another page or in a different thread.
If the post you want to mention is on a separate page (which likely it is) or you want to mention multiple posts you can simply copy the ids from the top of any post and place it in yours.
If anyone has questions, feel free to them in the Community Forum https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2893160msg2893160!
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3DFineries posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 5:43 AM
WandW posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 10:44 AM
3DFineries posted at 11:44AM Mon, 24 August 2015 - #4223533
Mention / Quote Image below
Ahh; that button is new. ... 
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icprncss2 posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 7:34 PM
WandW posted at 8:33PM Mon, 24 August 2015 - #4223598
3DFineries posted at 11:44AM Mon, 24 August 2015 - #4223533
Mention / Quote Image below
Ahh; that button is new. ...
Wasn't that button AWOL for a couple of days?
ssgbryan posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 10:45 PM
Yes, yes it was.
Morkonan posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 11:32 PM
[3DFineries]In this post I'd like to explain the difference between a Forum "Mention" and "Quote".
Too bad those switches aren't available for a thread's opening post - I would have liked to have quoted you in this response! But, then again, if I could have done that, I wouldn't have needed to post in the first place.
Razor42 posted Mon, 24 August 2015 at 11:43 PM
Morkonan posted at 2:38PM Tue, 25 August 2015 - #4223871
[3DFineries]In this post I'd like to explain the difference between a Forum "Mention" and "Quote".
Too bad those switches aren't available for a thread's opening post - I would have liked to have quoted you in this response! But, then again, if I could have done that, I wouldn't have needed to post in the first place.
While it may seem a little odd, wouldn't any response after the OP be considered to be answering or in reference to the OP making the quotation of the OP irrelevant? Of course if your comment was in relationship to a later comment than a quote would be needed to show the context.
In other words there is no reason to quote an OP as an association to its content is assumed unless something else is stated. As your comment above demonstrates anyone who read the OP will decipher its meaning without the need for you to quote the OP.
RedPhantom posted Tue, 25 August 2015 at 6:04 AM Site Admin
Razor42 posted at 6:03AM Tue, 25 August 2015 - #4223874
Morkonan posted at 2:38PM Tue, 25 August 2015 - #4223871
[3DFineries]In this post I'd like to explain the difference between a Forum "Mention" and "Quote".
Too bad those switches aren't available for a thread's opening post - I would have liked to have quoted you in this response! But, then again, if I could have done that, I wouldn't have needed to post in the first place.
While it may seem a little odd, wouldn't any response after the OP be considered to be answering or in reference to the OP making the quotation of the OP irrelevant? Of course if your comment was in relationship to a later comment than a quote would be needed to show the context.
In other words there is no reason to quote an OP as an association to its content is assumed unless something else is stated. As your comment above demonstrates anyone who read the OP will decipher its meaning without the need for you to quote the OP.
Have you seen how off topic these threads can get? Sometimes we need to quote the op just so they know we're answering them. Plus, we may want to mention it elsewhere
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Razor42 posted Wed, 26 August 2015 at 8:56 PM
You can always just use the > at the start of a line and paste what you're referring to.
Example
Morkonan posted Thu, 27 August 2015 at 10:58 PM
Razor42 posted at 10:56PM Thu, 27 August 2015 - #4224514
You can always just use the > at the start of a line and paste what you're referring to.
Example
Because that's much easier than just clicking the quotation symbol that appears on every single other post in a thread except for the opening post? :) What about making a reply on page three of a thread and just enclosing the text in quotes without a user-name? That works great! Can't wait to try it! :) (Being sarcastic, but not in a derogatory way, just a bit perplexed at what passes for forum design around these parts.)
Adding a bunch of emojis since smiles aren't supported and because I find emojis terribly annoying... (Insert smileys where desired.)
