How to...Quote someoneI know several members of this guild already know how to do this, but for those who don't, here's how to tear apart someone's post.
First off, you need to use the quote button in a debate, to show what and who you are addressing. This isn't something you must do 24/7, but it really helps when there are many points made and many people involved in a debate.
So, you may see people doing this:
Example
Quote:
Snape is so obviously a nargle:
[img.]http://www.imagehost.net/username/imagename.png[/img]
That is not a picture of Snape. Snape has silver skin and green hair. That picture depicts a My Little Pony.
Quote:
Also, here it is in JKR's interview with McGruff the Safety Dog:
http://www.mcgruff.org/interview/jkr
Biased site. McGruff the Safety Dog is certainly going to say that JKR said that, because McGruff is pro-nargle rights.
"But Ernie-sensei, how does one do this great art of tearing apart someone's post?"
[Can you tell I'm having fun with this? xd ]1. Find the section(s) of the post you wish to address. Click at the end of the section and press enter a couple times. This is to give you room to type in your reply and to seperate the sections.
* If there is a sentence or section that you do not want to address, simply delete it.
2. At the begginning of the section you want to quote, put in the "quote" tags. You may or may not type in their username, although ensure that you do this
at least once so that they know who you are addressing.
[quote][/quote]
[quote="Username"][/quote]
Top: Normal quote tags.
Bottom: Quote tags with the username of whomever you are replying to. You must put in the '=""' for it to work.
3. Type your reply between the quoted sections.
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How to...Post a URLSuggested by Acidic Cynic. Thanks! <3
As shown in many of my posts in this guide, you can put a phrase/word/something that links to a URL. Usually, they look like
this, but I have found out how to make them pretty colors. I'll show you how to do that later. First, how to link the phrase/word.
1. Copy the url. Most of the time, it would look like this when posted without code:
http://tinypic.com/ejepuh.gif
2. Type up:
[url=]
3. Paste the url where "
is.
4. After the end bracket of the "" area, type in whatever you would like the link to say.
5. After the phrase/word, type:
[/url]
So, the result would be:
[url=
][/url]
Example:
[url=http://tinypic.com/ejepuh.gif]LOL MURDER Emoticon[/url]
As for making the text a different color...
1. Type up the url code and everything.
2. Put color tags before and after the phrase:
[url=
][color=][/color][/url]
Example:
[url=http://tinypic.com/ejepuh.gif][color=red]LOL MURDER Emoticon[/color][/url]
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How to...Cite your sources
Thanks to KTweirdchick for the suggestion! <3
In the Rules post, it was declared that you must cite your sources for your statements. Here's how to do that:
What to include if you're quoting a book:
If you have typed up an excerpt from a book,
Quote:
Edition - Country (ex: American, British, Brazilian, etc), Cover (Hardcover or paperback)
Abbreviated Title of Book - Only applies if the book is an HP book (ex: Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone). Only use the subtitle, please (ex:
Philosopher's Stone would be "PS"). If the book isn't an HP book (
Quidditch Through the Ages,
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), then use the full title.
Page Number - Pretty self-explanatory.
Be sure to identify your source somewhere near the information you've given, preferably in the quote title (see How To Quote Someone above), unless the book you are using has a long title (Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, etc). If that is the case, then it would be suggested that you simply state before or after you give the information where you got said infromation using the above guide.
What to include if you're quoting an interview:
Quote:
Interviewer: What person and what magazine/newspaper/website/newsgroup/whatever was conducting the interview.
Interviewee: Who was being interviewed.
Date: The date of the interview--does not have to be exact, month and year will do.
Source: Where you found this interview. If it was on a website, please link to the whole transcript. If it was from magazine/newspaper, simply tell the title of the magazine/newspaper and which issue/edition it was in.
Again, please identify your source near the information you've given.
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