Quoting posts from locked topics?

[MadocComadrin]

Why exactly can't we quote from locked topics? Well, I know the obvious reason, but there are some things that would be really nice to quote, eg the rules or a sig-worthy post, that can't be(or at least, not conveniently) since it's in a locked topic. Is there some way to add a non-replying quote button to locked-topic posts (perhaps it could copy the quote into the clip-board?). It's not that big of a deal, but just throwing it out there.

 

[McBeverage]

I've seen it done before, I think it involves adding the

[url=]url[/url]

to the

[quote=]quote[/quote]

part.

 

[MadocComadrin]

Nah, you have add

link=topic=113825.msg3598223#msg3598223

along with the author attribute and the date attribute. However, the date attribute is a timestamp, so figuring it out is kindof hard.

 

[Archonsod]

Why exactly can't we quote from locked topics?

You can't? What a pity.

 

[Caba`drin]

Nah, you have add

link=topic=113825.msg3598223#msg3598223

along with the author attribute and the date attribute. However, the date attribute is a timestamp, so figuring it out is kindof hard.

The timestamp is in seconds, counting from December 31, 1969 at 7:00:00PM (EST).
I've slapped together a quote or two from a locked topic with a little math this way before...though I tend to start with a date and time much closer to the post I'm trying to quote from. And it probably reflects an overly anal-retentive nature.

[me=Caba]shrugs *[/me]

 

[Dusk Voyager]

Nah, you have add

link=topic=113825.msg3598223#msg3598223

along with the author attribute and the date attribute. However, the date attribute is a timestamp, so figuring it out is kindof hard.

Actually, he may have merely written '0000000000', then '0000000001' in the date section to see it. 

 

[Ilex]

The timestamp is in seconds, counting from December 31, 1969 at 7:00:00PM (EST).

That's unix time. It starts from 1.1.1970.

edit: http://www.csgnetwork.com/time2unixdscalc.html for those who really want to figure out the date on the time stamp

 

[Darwin]

I can see the future! 

Hello!

 

[AWdeV]

Archonsond will be the first in a loooong line of Archonsod's descendants to greet people politely?

 

[Archonsod]

Right, that's it. I'm off to have my ballsack irradiated.

 

[Shatari]

There's a cream for...oh, right. Irradiated.