Missing "Reply with quote" on last thread?

[oshunluvr]

I noticed today that I can no longer directly quote the last message in a thread when replying. Any previous message I can. This is weird!


Anyone else seeing this?

[GreyGeek]

Yes, I noticed that a couple days ago. This morning it forced me to copy the portion of text in the last message of a thread that i wanted to comment on, quote another msg from the same person, and replace the quote with the copy. However, that method references the wrong msg in the thread, but it works for my purposes.

[vinnywright]

yes this has been going on for a week or 2 now ,,,,,,some of us have been mildly complaining ,,,,,,,, I have been meaning to PM Snowhog about it .
maby tonight

VINNY

[life0riley]

I noticed the same thing a few days ago. "Reply With Quote" is missing from the last post in the thread.

[claydoh]

Somebody should wake somebody up eh?

I'm not seeing it on my end, but I haven't logged in as a non-admin.

[Rod J]

I noticed it a couple of days ago too. I also noticed the Green arrow "Back To Top" buttons on each post header. Maybe they were there before and I hadn't noticed ... not sure. I see the vBulletin version here is 4.2.2 and on another forum I use it's v4.2.1. On that forum those "features" aren't there: http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?4-PressF1 Perhaps the version difference is the cause.

[MoonRise]

There is a thread here somewhere where a bunch of us have noted that. It had started at about that time we made note of it.



EDIT: Here --> https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...835#post358835

[anika200]

moonrise, I followed that thread a week or so ago but in fact the problem did not crop up here until yesterday.

[Snowhog]

I installed vBulletin MOD [OzzModz] Hide Quote Buttons In Last Post on September 14th because we have members who constantly use Reply With Quote instead of Reply when responding to the last post, for example, just to say Thank you.

The MOD allows selection of Usergroups that will be affected -- members in these Usergroups don't see Reply With Quote on the last post. It isn't fine tuned enough to allow for selection of individual members, which would be ideal, as we could then impose this limitation on members who abuse using Reply With Quote.

Now before anyone gets their hackles up, by abuse, I mean "using Reply With Quote and not calling out specific areas within the quoted last post."

Those of us who are familiar with communicating on forums know this, and even if affected by this MOD, know how to call out sections within the last post, even without the convenience of the Reply With Quote option. Because of this, I wasn't anticipating that not having it available would be an issue.

But if it is, the MOD can be disabled. Regardless, I'll contact the author and ask if he can include an option to specify specific members to be affected instead of entire Usergroups.

[claydoh]

I installed vBulletin MOD [OzzModz] Hide Quote Buttons In Last Post on September 14th because we have members who constantly use Reply With Quote instead of Reply when responding to the last post, for example, just to say Thank you.

The MOD allows selection of Usergroups that will be affected -- members in these Usergroups don't see Reply With Quote on the last post. It isn't fine tuned enough to allow for selection of individual members, which would be ideal, as we could then impose this limitation on members who abuse using Reply With Quote.

Now before anyone gets their hackles up, by abuse, I mean "using Reply With Quote and not calling out specific areas within the quoted last post."

Those of us who are familiar with communicating on forums know this, and even if affected by this MOD, know how to call out sections within the last post, even without the convenience of the Reply With Quote option. Because of this, I wasn't anticipating that not having it available would be an issue.

But if it is, the MOD can be disabled. Regardless, I'll contact the author and ask if he can include an option to specify specific members to be affected instead of entire Usergroups.

Srsly?

[Snowhog]

MOD has been disabled.

[MoonRise]

I find it funny myself. The good intention. Bit by that many times. Now that I know why I'm not that bothered by it. I know how to manually quote anyway!

[oshunluvr]

Although I see what Snowhog is talking about, I think another valid time to use reply with quote is if you're responding to a particular post within a thread that has splintered or has been hijacked by those of us who (and I number myself in this group ) like to have a bit o' fun with our fellow KFN members. Sometimes it's the only way for the person your commenting to, to know what you're referring to - even if you don't directly comment on their content, per se. I suppose usually in that context, it's rarely the post immediately above.
So as long as you're referring to the post directly above, you really don't need to quote it.

For the record: I was not really filing a complaint, just wondering if I was the only one seeing it.

If we're voting - based on Snowhog's comment and knowing a couple of people he's referencing, I vote the restriction stays.

Sorry if I caused you any unnecessary consternation S'Hog!

[Snowhog]

Heck no! And I didn't take the comments from all in this thread as confrontational.

The author of the MOD responded to my and one other vBulletin.org Forum members requests for tweaks. He obliged and put the revised MOD out this afternoon! Talk about listening to your customers and providing an improved product. Let's see Microsoft do the same!!

The revised MOD is installed but not yet enabled.

v1.1.0 (September 24, 2014) now has the ability to:

- Added ability to hide only the quote button in the last post, still show the multi-quote button.
- Added ability to hide the quote/multi quote in the last post per userid.
- Added ability to hide the quote/multi quote buttons in the first post per usergroup.
- Added ability to hide the quote/multi quote in the first post per userid.
- Added ability to hide only the quote button in the first post, still show the multi-quote button.

[Snowhog]

These are the MOD options. As previously stated, it has not been enabled, but usergroups have been selected. Individual userids have not been specified yet.

Product Is Active
Set this to “Yes” to active the product


Yes ☑No


Groups That Are Affected Last Post
Select which usergroups will not be able to see the quote and/or multi quote buttons in the last post.

Administrators
☑Banned
Established
Forum Owner
Kubuntu Team Developers
Kubuntu Team Members
Moderators
Paid Subscription Level I
Paid Subscription Level II
Paid Subscription Level III
Paid Subscription Level IV
Paid Subscription Level V
Paid Subscription Level VI
Paid Subscription Level VII
Paid Subscription Level VIII
☑Quarantined
☑Registered Users
Retired Administrator
Retired Moderator
Super Moderators
Ubuntu Forums Staff
☑Unregistered / Not Logged In
☑Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
☑Users Awaiting Moderation
Valued Contributor


Affect Only These Users Last Post
Set user IDs, that will not be able to see the quote and/or multi quote buttons in the last post


Note: User IDs must be separated by ','. For example: 1,3,10

Hide Only The Quote Button In Last Post?
If this is set to "Yes" only the quote button will be hidden in the last post, the multi-quote button will still be visible.

Yes ☑No


Groups That Are Affected First Post
Select which usergroups will not be able to see the quote and/or multi-quote buttons in the first post.

Administrators
☑Banned
Established
Forum Owner
Kubuntu Team Developers
Kubuntu Team Members
Moderators
Paid Subscription Level I
Paid Subscription Level II
Paid Subscription Level III
Paid Subscription Level IV
Paid Subscription Level V
Paid Subscription Level VI
Paid Subscription Level VII
Paid Subscription Level VIII
☑Quarantined
☑Registered Users
Retired Administrator
Retired Moderator
Super Moderators
Ubuntu Forums Staff
☑Unregistered / Not Logged In
☑Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
☑Users Awaiting Moderation
Valued Contributor


Hide Only The Quote Button In First Post?
If this is set to "Yes" only the quote button will be hidden in the first post, the multi-quote button will still be visible.

Yes ☑No


Affect Only These Users First Post
Set user IDs, that will not be able to see the quote and/or multi quote buttons in the first post


Note: User IDs must be separated by ','. For example: 1,3,10


I'd like your views on whether you think this MOD should or should not be enabled, and why. I'm very involved "behind the scenes" as a KFN Administrator. I continually look for MODs that provide useful features for our members and/or our Administrators.