Quoting Others Via Copy & Paste
 

Here at LBG we love it when members utilize our search tools to explore the archives and other old posts. We love it even more when you 'cross-pollinate' information between old and new posts, but we'd ask that you follow a few suggestions when doing this so your posts are clear and readable for other readers.

1. If you're referencing a whole post or thread, just link to that thread. Linking is the easiest way to reference other material on the site. Just navigate to the thread you're interested in, copy the URL, and paste it into your post. If you want to reference a specific post within a thread, navigate to the page of the thread you're interested in, copy the url, then paste it and add #30 where 30 is the post number on that page. Every post has a post number at the top right side of the post. If you want to link to only a post without it's corresponding thread, navigate to the post you're interested in, click the post number, and use that url to copy and paste into your post.
   examples
   - thread: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ad.php?p=79133
   - post in thread: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...php?p=79133#30
   - post out of thread: http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/post79133-30.html
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2. Copy the original whenever you can. Instead of copying and pasting the read-only view of a post, whenever possible you should copy the 'post bbcode'. The post bbcode is what gives everything in the forums consistent formatting and clarity. To do this, click the quote button on the post you're interested in, copy the text from the resultant editor, and paste that into your new post. If you're grabbing text from a closed thread or forum, like the archives, you'll have to copy and paste from the read-only view, and you'll loose the original formatting. Please restore any original formatting and quoting or the original intent and delivery of the message will be lost. If there is too much to restore, use a link.
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3. Lastly, always quote your sources. This is easy to do, and when you neglect this step, it's hard to tell what you've written and what you're quoting. To do this simply add [quote=username]...quoted text...[/quote] around the text you're quoting. Even if you're quoting somebody who isn't a member of this forum, still use the quote tags for clarity. For example: [quote=Homer Kelley]...quoted text...[/quote]. Lastly, when you copy a QUOTE from another post, it will sometimes include ;XXXXX where XXXXX is some number after the username. This is the post number, and it will provide a link back to the original post. Leave that in there when quoting.
   
   examples
   
   
   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 79133) Okay, guys, there's been a lot of 'cutting and pasting' lately, and we gotta get better at this. I'm seeing my name (and others) all mixed up with posts from the original thread and also the current thread. See the immediately preceding post. Unless care is taken here, posts that were intended to illuminate only confuse.

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Ben Hogan Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

Keep these few tips in mind, and your posts will be much more effective when you reference other forum material. Thanks!

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