Hi All,
This is another reminder on something that just seems to creep back in from time to time. In fact the last reminder was just last September (see above).
One of the basic etiquette
guidelines on the Forum is the one regarding 'quoting' when replying.
3.5 Avoid excessive quoting. If your reply will immediately follow the post you're replying to, do not quote it at all. If your reply refers to a post farther up in the thread, quote only that text that is relevant to your reply. Avoid quoting images.The admins/mods spend a lot of time editing and deleting unnecessary quoting from posts.
A lot of this unnecessary quoting probably comes about because readers inadvertently use the
"REPLY button rather than the
ADD REPLY button.
Using the
"REPLY button will include the text/image of the previous post in your message. If you happen to do this, you can help the admin/mods enormously by editing your post and removing this unnecessary quoting.
Best practice - use the
ADD REPLY or (if available)
FAST REPLY buttons. If you do want to quote an earlier post, use the
+QUOTE button on that post and edit it to include
only that information which is relevant to your message.
By doing this you will help to ensure that the Forum stays easily readable by all (and save the admins/mods a lot of time).
Many thanks.