Philosophical Vegan Forum

Over time, I've seen several forum members struggling with how to quote properly, Darl being the most recent example. If I'm busy, I tend to go off my notifications to see whether someone is addressing me anywhere. If quoting is done improperly it doesn't result in a notification.

The button

There's a button on the top right of every post* that will open a reply with the entire post quoted and the user addressed. It will even include a link to the post and the time and date on which it was posted. Manual
The code for addressed quotes look like this: "=NAME" is optional, and of course you substitute "NAME" with the name of whomever you want to quote. If you include it it looks like this:

Peter wrote:Animals have feelings too

If you don't, it looks like this:

How about plants though?

Hope this helps

I feel scolded here . I tend to avoid quoting when it's clear to whom I am addressing my message. But, when it's not, I do quote.

miniboes wrote:If quoting is done improperly it doesn't result in a notification

Fair enough. Did I do it properly?
How do I change the colour if I do it manually? It doesn's seem to work when the name is between brackets.

DarlBundren wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:54 amI feel scolded here .

Haha, I just noticed you weren't doing it right and since we've had a lot of people having trouble with it I thought I'd make a topic.

DarlBundren wrote:Fair enough. Did I do it properly?

Yes

DarlBundren wrote:How do I change the colour if I do it manually? It doesn's seem to work when the name is between brackets.

The color changes because if you hit the quote button it includes the post id and puts a hyperlink on your name; That means if you click it you'll be taken to the quoted post. That's quite useful if the post is in another thread but otherwise it's unnecessary. I don't know of any way to find out the post id other than using the quote button, so I guess you're out of luck if you really value the blue names

miniboes wrote: That means if you click it you'll be taken to the quoted post. That's quite useful if the post is in another thread but otherwise it's unnecessary. I don't know of any way to find out the post id other than using the quote button, so I guess you're out of luck if you really value the blue names

OK, thanks.