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Can we have a quote facility ?

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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 8 Jan 2012 09:49

Many sites have a button at the bottom of each post where you can quote or multi quote the post in your own post.

This avoids confusion on a busy thread at who is talking to, or referring to whom. And may stop the inevitable "was that post directed at me" scenario we often have.

It will also be helpful when people do look ups on threads . :-D

Joy

Joy Report 8 Jan 2012 13:51

A good idea :-)

I have just found where I suggested this http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1269989 - great minds think alike :-D :-)

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 9 Jan 2012 15:24

Great idea girls - thirded!

Researching:
Researching Tucker in London/Australia. Cliff in U.S.A. Fuller, Eaton & Sa(u)nders(on) in Bedfordshire. Turner, Morley, Blythe & Webb in Cambridgeshire/Suffolk. Want in Hertfordshire.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 9 Jan 2012 19:25

and a fourth!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Kense

Kense Report 9 Jan 2012 19:37

While I like the idea of being able to quote portions of a post easily, the usual consequence is that each successive post contains all the previous relevant posts. We could end up doing a lot of scrolling.

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 9 Jan 2012 21:12

Normally you can edit the quote, I normally delete the parts that are not relevant before posting. Of course GR has a different system of posting so this may not be possible..

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 30 Jan 2012 16:39

Just bringing a genuine suggestion to the front page as its been lost amongst the whinge fest :-D :-D :-D

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 30 Jan 2012 17:04

You can always just cut & paste what you want from the previous post.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Jan 2012 20:22

and put quotation marks around the c&p'd piece


which is what I do every time now


you can even also separate the c&p from the rest of the postings by using -----, which is what I also do sometimes


for example .......................


Mildred posted:-

"Normally you can edit the quote, I normally delete the parts that are not relevant before posting. Of course GR has a different system of posting so this may not be possible.."

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I also delete non-relevant parts of the quote, and with some sites you can do that after posting but before requesting "quote"




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.