Quote limit

[Overlord Nadrian]

First of all, why is there even a quote limit, and secondly, why is it set to only 5 quotes? It makes quoting certain parts of what people said practically impossible, and while I can see why you can't quote something that's already been quoted 5 times, I don't see why it is of any benefit to make users double/triple/quadruple/etc post, just to be able to get all quotes in (this happens much too often in threads like KYT and such). By having this limit, all you do is encourage double posting rather than tone it down.

tl;dr: get rid of the limit, or bump it up to 15 or so. kthxbai

 

[tk_saturn]

I've seen a site that uses IPB 3.0 which doesn't quote nested quotes, although you can add them manually. It's nice how IPB 3.0 uses different border/background colours for each nested quote level too, makes it a lot easier to read.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Really? Well then, I suppose that's another good reason for this place to get updated to 3.1.3.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

I've only had to circumvent this limit once (for a KYT)
The solution that I found worked best was to type out the entire response (lets say it had ten quotes),
highlight and cut the second half, post, then add the second part in a fast reply.
If done quickly it automatically merges the posts.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Yeah, I'd thought of that, too (and I'm pretty sure I've done it some times, though I can't remember when exactly), but it's not fool-proof by any means.

 

[ProtoKun7]

I've only had to circumvent this limit once (for a KYT)
The solution that I found worked best was to type out the entire response (lets say it had ten quotes),
highlight and cut the second half, post, then add the second part in a fast reply.
If done quickly it automatically merges the posts.

That's what I do when I have to, though it's still more involved than not having to.

 

[tj_cool]

I've seen a site that uses IPB 3.0 which doesn't quote nested quotes, although you can add them manually. It's nice how IPB 3.0 uses different border/background colours for each nested quote level too, makes it a lot easier to read.

Only goes 3 levels deep though:

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But that may be enough.

The quote trimming is the default option in IPB3, it can be changed by an Admin.

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Yeah, 3 levels of different colours is definitely enough, other quoted posts will most likely have already been seen and read, so they're unnecessary.