Quote Originally Posted by lester View Post
I think that the answer is NO you don't NEED to include a full quote of the original post, but i can see why it happens.

Problem is usually thread hijacking or 'Subject Creep'

i.e the thread starts on one subject then gets hijacked or creeps onto another subject. Then in an effort to add clarity to the response a user includes a quote of the full text that the user is replying to. ( I've done it myself - i'll try not to in future!)

A solution would be for the moderators to quickly break threads into NEW threads each time a new subject is started. then it would be more reasonable to ask people not to include full quotes.

Another solution would be for users to refrain from thread hijacking and start new threads. Maybe a GENTLE reminder, from a moderator, to those that hijack or devaiate form the original subject might help.
Lester,
That might sometimes be the case but not what I was aiming for when I first posted. What I was aiming for was what I just did now, ie quoting the previous message in the thread. I simply can't see the reason for doing it which is why I'm asking if the "reply with quote button" can be diasabled on the newest message in the thread (or completely). If a quote is needed (full or partial) then it's still available with the quote endquote tags.

I do believe though that there's been some updates to forum because when I originally posted the "normal" reply button wasn't displayed in some browsers, IIRC...

/Henrik.