Relevant rules in TOS Terms of Service
Quotes must be accurate, whether displayed using the message board’s quote function or ordinary quotation marks.
Quoting. Falsely attributing a quote to another SDMB user, or modifying another’s post in order to cast him/her in a bad light, is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. We allow parody quotes under certain conditions. Here are the permissible options:
- Quote attributed to real SDMB user . Quotes must be accurate, whether displayed using the message board’s quote function or ordinary quotation marks. Normal editorial rules apply. You may indicate omitted portions of a quote by the use of ellipses “…” or devices such as [snip]. 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 to change the substantive meaning, nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the [QUOTE] tags or quotation marks. This applies to all forums including the Pit.
- Unattributed quote (no name). Unattributed parody quotes are permitted in all forums provided they don’t violate other SDMB rules.
Note:
- SDMB moderators do not routinely check quotes for accuracy. If you see a violation of the above rules, please report it.
- The above rules apply to quotes of SDMB users only. We encourage accurate quoting of off-board individuals in a serious discussion; links are recommended. If you derail a discussion with fake or misleading quotes of off-board individuals, we reserve the right to take action.
This post:
Appears to just quote and not change anything.
Earlier we do have this paraphrase though:
It appears that shouldn’t done without a clear clarification that it is a paraphrase and/or better yet, no quote marks.
The argument in thread was a heated hijack and post 169 probably should have been flagged instead.
I’ll be honest, we enforced the Quote Tags far more rigidly and more often than quote marks.