Quote attributions

[froggie]

So I noticed in a thread that one of my posts was edited because I had "stripped quote attributions".   On those occasions where I quote, I use the quick-reply and manually type the quote functions (copy-paste what it is I'm quoting).  This has never been a problem before....why is it now?

[formulanone]

It kind of bugs me that the quote tag requires the date and post stamps. It's cumbersome to type those out on a phone if you accidentally edit even one character out.

(Edited to make sense.)

[hbelkins]

So I noticed in a thread that one of my posts was edited because I had "stripped quote attributions".   On those occasions where I quote, I use the quick-reply and manually type the quote functions (copy-paste what it is I'm quoting).  This has never been a problem before....why is it now?

(See what I did there?)

I would think the important thing is what's being quoted, not who's being quoted.

[sammi]

It kind of bugs me that the quote tag requires the date and post stamps.

It doesn't really. I can also just use

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[quote author=formulanone] and it would be just fine.

[hbelkins]

Which thread, BTW? I didn't see it and admittedly have not ever seen that edit made before.

[Alps]

I admittedly am not familiar with the phone interface, but from the Web interface you can click "Quote" directly on the post you wish to quote. That will put the user and date into the quote directly. If typing manually, at least please try to put "user=__" into the quote tag, because that will help keep quotes sorted. What happened in the thread in question is that someone then quoted your quote and ended up misattributing what you quoted to you.

[froggie]

Unless the one person who posted after me edited his post, I don't see where anyone was misattributing anything that was quoted...

[Alps]

Unless the one person who posted after me edited his post, I don't see where anyone was misattributing anything that was quoted...

I edited it.