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[Amoz]

I've noticed that some people aren't too good with quoting and that some don't seem to know that there is a edit button which leads to double post.
So I decided it would be good to write a guide for it.
Also check this thread: Official Members Thread posting guidelines and FAQ

So for the beginning I'll show you an example of a bad quote:

a lot of unnecessary text here, maybe even quotes by others, also many pictures

It gets annoying when these get long, especially if only the most recent stuff is actually needed for the quote.

So to make good quote, here's what would be good to do:
1. Take only the part that is a must for your answer to be understood. (Most of the time instead of a quote it would be enough to just write "users name: your answer" )
2. If there are pictures and especially if the original post is on the same page and it is needed to leave the picture, remove the [img]-tags and leave only the links.
3. If there's already a quote on the post and you are going to answer to both but on different things, cut the quote to parts (f.ex "quote" answer "quote" answer) and only quote the necessary parts

With these in mind your post will stay simple and it will be easy to read.

Quoting multiple posts:
When you have many posts to quote, add all the quotes to one post. Like this:
1. Quote one post normally. (Press the Reply button on the post and write your answer.)
2. Copy that.
3. Quote another post and add what you copied in the beginning of this quote.
4. Do parts 2. and 3. as many times as needed.

Or alternatively you can press the Quote-button on the posts you want to quote and then press "Add Reply"-button and you'll have the quotes in editor.
Use the way that is easier for you.

Avoiding double posts:
Double posting is something you should avoid.

When you want to make a post and you notice that you were the one who made the last post, edit that last post.

The maximum amount of pictures per post has been changed to 50, so following shouldn't be a problem: If you are adding pictures and you have more than 10 pictures (only 10 pictures with [img]-tag is allowed), try to avoid making a double post because of this and rather add the rest of the pictures as links.