Quoting up the creek

[RobM77]

I've had a look for this, but can't find it. Over the last few months the quoting system has gone mad! Thought I'd mention it.

[RacingPete]

Any specific examples?

We are aware of problems quoting usernames that have non alpha-numeric characters (eg. @,% etc). Is this what you are refering to?

[RobM77]

Hi Pete. Thanks for the response. Sorry, I didn't give any detail because I thought this was well known. Frequently in threas when you have nested quotes beyond two levels, which text is attributed to which person goes all wrong. There are loads of examples all over the place, and lots of people have commented on it lately.

I can't think of any specific examples, but the next time it happens I'll post a link to this thread.

Edited by RobM77 on Thursday 13th December 12:59

[RobM77]

Here's one example:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... posts 4, 5 6 & 7

I've tried (in vain) to search for more, as I can remember loads of people mentioning it over the last month or so.

Not a exactly a show stopper, but a bit annoying and I thought I'd mention it!

[RacingPete]

Those all look fine to me, what is the problem with them?

(apart from the fact one person changed the quote system wrongly which he admits to later on)

[RobM77]

RacingPete said:

Those all look fine to me, what is the problem with them?

(apart from the fact one person changed the quote system wrongly which he admits to later on)

It's when you quote on something that's been quoted already and it changes round who's said what. That may not have been a good example that I gave above. It's common though, and plenty of people have said "what's up with the quoting system lately" recently. It's an intermittent error, which is truly bizarre!

I guess we'll both just keep and eye out!

[RacingPete]

Will be looking out for it...

[SamHH]

Another problem is that when you quote a post that has an emoticon in the header, the forum defaults to giving your post that emoticon as well.

[Hooli]

SamHH said:

Another problem is that when you quote a post that has an emoticon in the header, the forum defaults to giving your post that emoticon as well.

thats about the only problem i have seen. the rest seem to be people who cant edit posts correcty. cant say ive ever had a quoting fault i couldnt edit out by typing in the right place.

[RobM77]

Hooli said:

SamHH said:

Another problem is that when you quote a post that has an emoticon in the header, the forum defaults to giving your post that emoticon as well.

thats about the only problem i have seen. the rest seem to be people who cant edit posts correcty. cant say ive ever had a quoting fault i couldnt edit out by typing in the right place.

I'm fairly sure I've just hit 'quote', added my comment at the end and it's come out all wrong. I';; hold fire until it's happened again, and then quote the specific example.

[tim the pool man]

RobM77 said:

Hooli said:

SamHH said:

Another problem is that when you quote a post that has an emoticon in the header, the forum defaults to giving your post that emoticon as well.

thats about the only problem i have seen. the rest seem to be people who cant edit posts correcty. cant say ive ever had a quoting fault i couldnt edit out by typing in the right place.

I'm fairly sure I've just hit 'quote', added my comment at the end and it's come out all wrong. I';; hold fire until it's happened again, and then quote the specific example.

Only time I have seen this problem is when someone quotes something but tries to edit some out, usually messing up the quote tags in the process.

[RobM77]

tim the pool man said:

RobM77 said:

Hooli said:

SamHH said:

Another problem is that when you quote a post that has an emoticon in the header, the forum defaults to giving your post that emoticon as well.

thats about the only problem i have seen. the rest seem to be people who cant edit posts correcty. cant say ive ever had a quoting fault i couldnt edit out by typing in the right place.

I'm fairly sure I've just hit 'quote', added my comment at the end and it's come out all wrong. I';; hold fire until it's happened again, and then quote the specific example.

Only time I have seen this problem is when someone quotes something but tries to edit some out, usually messing up the quote tags in the process.

Maybe I'm mistaken? I'll keep an eye out