Quoting skipnet50:

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Beware the tyranny of the majority.

I'd rather have that than the tyranny of the few...

Quoting skipnet50:

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Beware the tyranny of the majority.
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Tyranny of the majority? That's called democracy isn't it?

On topic, I think if you can verify that the quotes are part of the original title, then they'd be in the "title" field. If you can't verify that they're part of the title, they don't belong in the original title field either.

Quoting northbloke:

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Tyranny of the majority? That's called democracy isn't it? I think George W Bush would agree with that quote!

I do not think so, because the majority of the American people did not vote on him. He became elected by the Electoral College and not directly by the population.

Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:

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Quoting northbloke:

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Tyranny of the majority? That's called democracy isn't it? I think George W Bush would agree with that quote!

I do not think so, because the majority of the American people did not vote on him. He became elected by the Electoral College and not directly by the population.

That was my point, but it wasn't very clear (or funny) so I removed it... damn that quote button! 

Quoting skipnet50:

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Why should YOU say no to anyuser when you can no longer hide behind the SORT? I'll tell you why because you don't give a crap about what any other user wants. This all about (not you midnit) users who vocalize a lot but Contribute little else, they don't Contribute to the database, they don't write reports that we all can use, the don't write plug-ins or layoiuts, all they have the ability to do is blather on. Or as one will put it blah, blah, blah.

There is NO good reason to not include that data, oither than YOU don't want it. Wew aren't talking about all the graphics and font types and all the other stuff you are trying to drag into the discussion to set up a straw man argument. we are talking about quotations. Now try to give me something other than a straw man argument and that is not based upon simply that YOU don't want it. In other words stay on the topic ofg quote marks.

I am looking at the larger Community and know that there are other users who do want that data, that is clear. I have no personal opinion on it, but there is no logical reason not to allow it.

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Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..........

Quoting Martin_Zuidervliet:

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Quoting Lopek:

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What a sad state of affairs... 

I voted with the (ever growing) majority that only if they don't surround the complete title.

Indeed, do we need a rule to patch up every loophole that might appear...

Martin you and som others have been trying to take advantage of every loophole you can find for TWO years. Latelyyou have take to starting polls on every loophole you locate.

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It's not midnitoil, but at the same time ew have to capture the correct data somewhere, because some users want it. Like you I have my reference database locked down, and have for years, nothing gets in or out of it, it is built to my specs. Unfortunately we have users who want to impose their will on everyone, they want the data pre-packaged in a form that is to their specs and they don't have to do anything to it, these people also do not Contribute anything of their own, and they don't want to have to edit their own data.

I have told this story before, two years ago, we had concluded that the Sound section would not work and it was removed from the beta. The majority of the rules team were very happy about that including myself. But two users weren't and howled, they wanted the data, what right did we have to tell them they couldn't have it, so we had them come up with a workable plan, so that the data could be usable, they did, the plan was not perfect but it works. Unfortunately we have far too many users that do not share my attitude towards such things.

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Quoting goodguy:

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While I agree with the sentiment, this may get annyoing for users who have blocked the one you full-quoted.

Speaking only for myself, when a blocked person is quoted it serves as a continuous reminder of why the block went up in the first place