Damuri Ajashi, it is forbidden on the SDMB to mangle other posters’ quotes(particularly within the vB quote boxes):
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tags is sacrosanct. Normal editorial rules apply: that is, you may indicate omitted portions of a quote by the use of ellipses “…” and you may add text to clarify a word using square brackets (e.g., “her [the sister’s] friend”), but you may **not ** add editorial comments or edit a quote so as to change the substantive meaning; nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the
Do not do this again.
[ /Moderating ]