Swifty
Member Since: 13 Sep 2006
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Slimer wrote:Recently there appears to be a trend of excessive use of Quoting when replying to posts, this greatly increases the size of the database behind the site, slows the site down with increased times to load pages and creates more work for moderators.
There are a lot of single line replies to long posts directly after the post replied to with it quoted in its entirety, this is completely unnecessary
A few guidelines on more efficient ways of replying to posts:
• When replying to the last post in a thread use the reply button, it's obvious what you're replying to. If someone 'nips in' and replies whist you're still drafting your post you can always go back and edit your post if you think it needs it.
• When posting in a thread but not responding directly to a question take a second think, do you need to quote someone or will the content of your post make it obvious what you are referring to
• When replying to a question that has already had several replies again consider if you need to quote someone or will the content of your post make it obvious what you are referring to
• When replying to a question that has already had several replies and you feel a quote is warranted generally you do not need to quote the entire post, a snippet of the original post containing the relevant part will normally suffice
• When replying to a post that is already a reply with a quote and you want to quote the first reply delete the original quote first.
We’ve all had fun with the ‘Quotathon’ and multiple quotes in the past and no-doubt will do so again but for the majority of stuff let’s keep the quotes down and it’ll help make DISCO3.CO.UK a faster and smoother running site 
not sure i get it? 
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
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Basically, don't do that  06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 2nd Mar 2007 10:13 pm |
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Swifty
Member Since: 13 Sep 2006
Location: here
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sorry - GOTCHA!
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| 2nd Mar 2007 10:21 pm |
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
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 is this thread due for a 'bump' then
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| 8th Jul 2008 10:21 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
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Nope.
In general yes, but for a piece of fun, nope.
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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AndrewS wrote:SPOTTER wrote:can you run it by me again please? 
Keep up chap simply read the message above 
I cant remember posting this one  In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
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AndrewS wrote:AndrewS wrote:SPOTTER wrote:can you run it by me again please?
Keep up chap simply read the message above
I cant remember posting this one
Fook  I cant remember posting this one In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 23rd Jul 2009 6:47 pm |
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SPOTTER
Member Since: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Adrift........
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Dwarfy McTripod? end of an era ....... maybe a Defender when it appears.......
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Gazellio
Member Since: 09 Jan 2011
Location: Chilterns
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noted
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Khauff
Member Since: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Scotland
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Point noted
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