A recent post had the following in it - “Please pardon the snip”.
Hmmmm…
I’m always snipping what posters say, because I want to address only the relevant part of their post. So really - I should apologize each time for doing so?
Also, as I was writing this post, a “Your topic is similar to…” pop-up appeared, offering the thread “How do I quote someone else’s post?”, which wouldn’t appear after I tried to click on the link, multiple times. (???)
You don’t have to apologize, it’s more that you should be making it clear that you took out a section, especially if it changes the meaning.
We have the capability to quote a portion of a post for a reason. I’m not sure who’s apologizing for it.
It was probably me:
I tend to be hyper careful with snips, even when it doesn’t change the meaning, which is where you need to be extra careful, especially in P&E. So, habit. Isn’t required, but more a courtesy in this case.
Well, was hoping to avoid narcin’ on ya, Parallel Lines…
From small portions in restaurants thread.
EDIT: ha! ninja’ed by, like, seconds.
Back a few years ago (15?) it was considered polite bordering on necessary to insert elipses if you were quoting less than the whole post e.g.
to indicate you took just a sentence out of the middle of their longer post. That community habit has largely fallen by the wayside.
…and is something I still always try to do.
Huh, this is news to me. I still ellipse like a mofo.
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Seems like we shouldn’t remove parts of a post if it changes the meaning. That happened to me several years ago when someone quoted a small part of a post and it was infuriating. Came close to putting someone on ignore (can we still do that?) but decided to leave it.
My post was of the “When [rare event] occurs, we should always do X” It was misquoted to appear I’d endorsed “we should do always do X”.
I take pains not to change the overall meaning of a quote, and sometimes probably quote too large a portion. Sometimes I quote and bold the section I’m focusing on, adding “Bolding Mine” afterward.
Is that considered OK here? (Adding bolding to a quote, with wording to ensure readers knew I bolded the text, not the originator)
Doing a partial quote that changes the meaning of the party being quoted is very much against the TOS. I won’t say it happens all the time, but it is something I have moderated for and one of the reasons that I’m extra careful about documenting snips even in less serious threads.
This specifically applies to information inside the quote box or other direct quote, there can be some more gray area if you are merely paraphrasing someone, and there’s always a chance there for a honest misunderstanding.
I think you inadvertently confused things a little with your previous statement:
That seems to imply you have to be very careful when quoting a snip that changes the meaning of the quote. No, it doesn’t matter how careful you are when changing the meaning, because you flat out cannot do that.
Your point was you have to be careful to not change the meaning, but it didn’t quite come out that way.
Thank you, I was on the move all morning and trying to respond via voice-to-text, and Sunday was busy trock-hunting.
Short version, I personally am careful with any modification of a user’s quote box, even when it isn’t required. Thus I tend to document snips beyond what is strictly required. Modifying quotes of other users in a way that changes the intent is a TOS violation and to be avoided by all.
And now I must finally stop and get some food and coffee which have been lacking today!
Let the record show that it’s not quite 3pm in your home timezone. Yeah, probably past time for your breakfast.
I’m trying to do restricted time of day eating, so normally between 2pm and 8pm (normally I’m going to be at midnight these days), but the no caffeine is a killer. Right now I’m trying to get caught up on a lot of things before Mother’s day and then houseguest coming mid month.
You are a braver person than I. Restrict forth!
I have slowly phased out caffeine, now all i have is a glass of rather weak black tea in the morning- and you know- I dont miss it. But slowly is the keyword.