FR Posting Style Book - format for replying (We seem to be slipping)

Me, Myself and BJungNan | April 9, 2005 | BJungNan

[BJungNan]

Lately there seems to be some slippage of what has been for years the common style for replying to posts. In the interest of FR Stylebook maintenance, here is what has been proper style on replying to comments in a thread.

The common form for replies is as follows:

1. Quote the person you are replying to with italics (if you are replying to someone specifically and what they said).
2. Seperate with a paragraph mark.
3. Show your reply in regular text

Example:
Even after five years (or so) of reading FR, I still find myself amazed at the quality of discussion and the wealth of information, especially posts from the many experts that are members of FR. Who would have thought we would have experts in typefonts of all things (to Dan Rather's chagrin).

You sure have that right BJungNan. Jim and FR are the greatest!

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Placing the comments of the person you are replying to in quote marks or in Bold may get the job done, but really it is not common style. At least not to my FR eyes. Those using quotes perhaps don't know html but it is really easy. FR is where many people learned html. Somewhere on here is an html sandbox (perhaps someone can offer up that link).

[ElPatriota]

Hmmm... I am guilty of that. Thanks for the reminder.

Ok one BIG question. I do I learn how to post my own what (I don't even know what the name is) Vanity adds? and I mean the proper way. If I see something on the Washington Post and I want to bring into FR, with a link and the whole nine yards, WHERE are the instructions to do that?

What about polls... how does that work? Do I send an email to someone to suggest it?

[Buddy B]

BJungNan

[kayak]

If you want to see fun from the days when closing tags was so critical, scroll down on this thread ... but take your sea-sickness pills first ... ;-)

America - The Right Way (Day 4) [Thread II]

[beltfed308]

Lately there seems to be some slippage of what has been for years the common style for replying to posts. In the interest of FR Stylebook maintenance, here is what has been proper style on replying to comments in a thread.

This better?

[kayak]

Wasn't that a great memory?!! ... LOL!

See #63 for a link.

[scott7278]

"That has always been SOP for my responses to other posts. It makes things very readable."

I lurked for a little while before posting and not only was this the perceived norm, it was also the easiest way of moving through a thread.

It's better than having to backtrack to see what someone said.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

There is not spell checker in the post article function. Besides, this thread it not about spelling! Or at least it wasn't.

Then is is about grammar?

[Lil'freeper]

I remember. I was there. I was guilty once or twice.

[pookie18]

There is not spell checker in the post article function. Besides, this thread it not about spelling! Or at least it wasn't.

[dixiechick2000]

This thread, posted by John Lenin,
has been especially helpful to me.

Reference HTML Cheatsheet

[kayak]

I don't think I've ever laughed as hard in my life as I did that day.

[Buddy B]

BJungNan
Since Nov 22, 2000

Buddy B
Since Nov 22, 2000

Hmmmmmm...what were we doing that day in Nov 2000?

[scott7278]

"But isn't this much more aesthetically pleasing?"

It's worse with Firefox.

[ErnBatavia]

[scott7278]

Personally, I like to also use the indentation (DIR and /DIR in HTML) to separate my words from the correspondents, excerpts, etc.

I learned something new today.

[varon]

" 1. Quote the person you are replying to with italics....."

What if the person I'm replying to doesn't understand italian?

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Just don't use that danged "blink" tag!

Gee...didn't know you could do that

[The_Victor]

LOL! posts 31-40, what a classic!

[scott7278]

It might!

[scott7278]

LOL!