The HPFGU difference

[Kelley]

Random832:
> What I see in the thread up until now is a series of 
> misunderstandings that were only just recently cleared 
> up. 

Kelley:
Yes, this is exactly my take on it, a "series of 
misunderstandings." (Ha, "direct inline quote"!) ;-D

(After I'd asked you what you meant by that and you explained,
I replied "Okay, so just basically what we typically do re 
quoting."  But afterwards I realized that I'd misunderstood
again:  by "what we typically do re quoting" I'd meant the
basic kind of direct quoting, like above where I've got your 
name followed by "What I see in the thread..." etc., set off 
by chevrons.

I finally realized you mean what I've now done with the actual
quote marks, what people do when they quote a passage from the 
books, more or less.  There's no problem with that.  It did 
occur to me that a nice touch would be to follow the "quote" 
with the message number, e.g., (#12345), the way people give 
the book, chapter, page, edition, etc., when giving a book 
quote; it would just help folks to easily find where you're 
quoting from, if they want to go back and reread.  Heh, if I'm 
*still* misunderstanding, please tell me!) :-D

Random832:
> The first misunderstanding was that I made the mistake of 
> asking permission to do something that is not against any 
> rule, and it went downhill from there.

Kelley:
Oh, please don't feel that way!  It wasn't a mistake at all;
asking permission when one's not sure of what's okay is a very 
polite, respectful way to find out.  I'm just sorry there were 
all the misunderstandings.
 
Random832: 
> I agreed to no such thing - or, rather, I did agree to follow 
> the rules, but the rules I agreed to follow include nothing of
> the sort. I have read the HBF more than once, and can find no
> rule against what I'm asking for. Furthermore, you are being 
> _extremely_ adversarial as a newcomer to a thread which has in 
> my opinion (and as far as I can tell I'm not alone in that 
> opinion) already been resolved.

Kelley:
I do agree -- I appreciated that Random was willing to discuss 
all this here, to explain for me again what he was proposing, to 
answer my questions, etc.; that's what helped me to understand.  
He's not saying he refuses to go by this rule or that one; again, 
it was just a misunderstanding as to whether something was (or 
would be) allowed.  I'm very pleased we were able to resolve this, 
and so, a plea from me to everyone that we not continue in this 
way.  As far as I'm concerned, it's all been settled.

--Kelley