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Arantor

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Quote to PM
« on February 16th, 2013, 09:43 PM »
Something I've seen done - we can already send a PM to someone by clicking on it in the minimenu.

Would it be of use to be able to send a PM quoting a given post in the process? I'm thinking this would be a new item in the minimenu per post if the user can send PMs.
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kimikelku

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #1, on February 16th, 2013, 10:57 PM »
You could do a option like in vbulletin to show just that particularly post and then next to this menus:
    Reply
    Notify
    Mark unread
    Send this topic
    Print
add an option to pm the member with that post quoted

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #2, on February 16th, 2013, 11:03 PM »
I don't really see the display-individual-post happening. There is no shortage of space for this option either - there is an entire *menu* visible in each post already...

kimikelku

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #3, on February 16th, 2013, 11:08 PM »
Then i guess the best option is to display it in the minimenu, and add the same permission if the person can or not send pm's

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #4, on February 16th, 2013, 11:21 PM »
You mean just like I suggested in the first post?

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #5, on February 21st, 2013, 05:03 PM »
Ok so I giggled a little bit on how this went down... sorry :niark:

I've manually quoted a post to send as a PM a grand total of 4 (maybe 5) times and I did think it would have been nice to just click a button.

I'm with it, wont be a heavily used featured but it would be handy.
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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #6, on February 21st, 2013, 06:48 PM »
Very good idea... I'm surprised it never slipped through my mind. It would be very helpful to encourage going to PM in some flooded/troller topics.

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #7, on February 21st, 2013, 06:57 PM »
I did wonder whether it should be a plugin, but it could be a useful core feature too :)

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #8, on February 21st, 2013, 09:23 PM »
Sounds like something that'd make a great plugin, to me. :)
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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #9, on February 21st, 2013, 11:17 PM »
Quote from Arantor on February 21st, 2013, 06:57 PM
I did wonder whether it should be a plugin, but it could be a useful core feature too :)
Either would be fine, we simply need to ensure that the menu entry is posted in the correct mini-menu (post or user? I'd be tempted to say post...), and that icon/text blend in with the rest.

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Re: Quote to PM
« Reply #10, on February 21st, 2013, 11:18 PM »
Either way it's an injection into the mini menu at the relevant point, nothing more.
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