# Not Guilty as charged, Colibri **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 24, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413 "2011-09-24T01:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/1 "2011-09-24T01:18:44Z")
> [@What rule changes would you propose to strengthen/improve GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rule-changes-would-you-propose-to-strengthen-improve-gd/526440/161): > > [Moderator Note] > > **adhay** , > > 1. As you know, modifying a quote within quote tags is not permitted. Do not do this again, even as a joke. [cite?] > > 2. There doesn’t seem to be a point to raising this thread. You’ve received a previous warning for continually bumping an ATMB thread with inane comments; I hope this does not indicate your intention to start this kind of behavior again. > > Colibri Please explain your PMing [me]to 30 days in Juvie. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/2 "2011-09-24T01:40:08Z")
Link? Context? Anything? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/3 "2011-09-24T01:45:41Z")
Dude, you make Vorlons look like straight to the point kinda guys. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/4 "2011-09-24T01:45:53Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Link? Context? Anything? [Link and context.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14133552) The anything remains to be determined. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/5 "2011-09-24T01:49:37Z")
[post=14133552]This[/post] is **Colibri** ’s post in context. (You can click on the blue arrow next to his name to get to it.) As I see it, **adhay** is correct that he didn’t change **Bryan Ekers** ’s words within the quote tag. What happened is that he made a post in ALL CAPS, and the software put it all in lowercase. However, [post=14133473]that post[/post] was totally incomprehensible, and came more than 18 months after **Bryan** ’s. Also, **Colibri** ’s mod note was given August 12. So allow me to say: what? ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/6 "2011-09-24T01:49:47Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > [Link and context.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14133552) The anything remains to be determined. ty ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/7 "2011-09-24T01:53:31Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > [post=14133552]This[/post] is **Colibri** ’s … > ALL CAPS …what? I was studiously lc, dude/ess. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/8 "2011-09-24T01:55:31Z")
[Cite that modifying text within quote tags is forbidden:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7697048&postcount=11) > [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Falsely attributing a quote to another user, or modifying another’s post in order to cast him/her in a bad light, even if meant in jest, is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. > > This does not apply to parodies to which no name is attached. > > Text inside [QU**OTE] 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 [QU**OTE] tags. > > Be aware that for legal reasons, the Moderators do not edit posts, except to rectify coding errors or remove unacceptable links - changes that do not require editorial judgment on our part. We will delete offensive posts on request if we feel deletion is warranted, or delete the thread if removal of the offending post would render the thread meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/9 "2011-09-24T01:57:01Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > What happened is that he made a post in ALL CAPS, and the software put it all in lowercase. True, he didn’t alter the words. It’s weird that the quote was altered to all lowercase letters as well. > [@](#): > > However, [post=14133473]that post[/post] was totally incomprehensible, and came more than 18 months after **Bryan** ’s. Also, **Colibri** ’s mod note was given August 12. So allow me to say: what? **adhay** van Winkle, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/10 "2011-09-24T02:01:41Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > True, he didn’t alter the words. It’s weird that the quote was altered to all lowercase letters as well. > **adhay** van Winkle, I assume. Listen UP! i dont do caps! ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/11 "2011-09-24T02:03:52Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > True, he didn’t alter the words. It’s weird that the quote was altered to all lowercase letters as well. I assume that’s got to do with how vBulletin is coded. If a post (excluding quote tags, which usually refer to another post) is in all caps, the software puts the whole post (including quote tags) in lowercase. > [@](#): > > **adhay** van Winkle, I assume. Eh. 😉 Right now he seems pretty awake, he’s even got [thread=625418]another thread[/thread] going on. (OK, it’s closed now.) ETA: > [@adhay](#): > > Listen UP! i dont do caps! Then how do you explain what happened in that thread? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/12 "2011-09-24T02:06:36Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > Listen UP! i dont do caps! So are you admitting that you altered the quote? ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/13 "2011-09-24T02:07:49Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > I assume that’s got to do with how vBulletin is coded. If a post (excluding quote tags, which usually refer to another post) is in all caps, the software puts the whole post (including quote tags) in lowercase. > Eh. 😉 Right now he seems pretty awake, he’s even got [thread=625418]another thread[/thread] going on. (OK, it’s closed now.) > > ETA: > > Then how do you explain what happened in that thread? Ask colibri. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/14 "2011-09-24T02:14:15Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > Ask colibri. I’m up against Ignorence. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/15 "2011-09-24T02:15:53Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > So are you admitting that you altered the quote? If that’s what you need. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-guilty-as-charged-colibri/597413/16 "2011-09-24T02:42:25Z")
I’m closing this nonsense. [Moderator Warning] **adhay** , you have been suspended previously for repeatedly posting incoherent nonsense in ATMB (not to mention sending inane PMs to the staff). This is just more of the same, and I am issuing you another official warning for trolling. Your posting privileges will be under discussion. Colibri