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--- quotebacks [2017/12/08 19:16] – created karen_henry
+++ quotebacks [2017/12/23 13:03] (current) – karen_henry
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-<p style="border:2px solid red;"><b>IMPORTANT!</b> When you reply to a post, we STRONGLY recommend quoting at least a little bit of the post you're replying to.  (If you click on the Reply button below the message, the system will do that automatically.)  <b>This is the only way that the system can keep track of the post being replied to.</b></p>
+<p style="border:2px solid red;"><b>IMPORTANT!</b> When you reply to a post, we STRONGLY recommend quoting at least a little bit of the post you're replying to.  (If you click on the "Reply" or "Quote" button below the message, the system will do that automatically.)  <b>This is the only way that the system can keep track of the post being replied to.</b></p>
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-Quote back just enough to make your message clear. Please don't quote the entire message when you are replying to what someone else has said. You can assume that anyone reading your message has already seen the one you are replying to.
+Quote back just enough to make your message clear. Please don't quote the entire message when you are replying to what someone else has said. Take a few moments to delete any unnecessary or irrelevant parts of the previous message before posting your reply.
-If you use the Reply button, we ask that you please delete any unnecessary or irrelevant parts of the previous message before posting your reply.