As others had ridiculed the thread, I made it clear that I also thought it was ridiculous BUT that is not why I locked the topic.
The purpose of the quote option is not for abuse. As a norm, a quote is used in a busy thread so that the member will know who or whom you are referring your post. In reality, there was no point in all the quotes since it was a conversation between only two members. Even so, that is NOT a stand alone as to why I locked the topic.
One, two, or perhaps even three emoticons is more than sufficient in a post. Any more than two or three, it is excessive. Tie that on with multiple quotes all including an excessive number of emoticons and it not only looks ridiculous, it is ridiculous and is against forum rules.
As I stated, I locked the topic due to excessive emoticons.
Please see forum rules in the News forum.
I was being kind by NOT giving you a warning. As a general rule, 5 warnings and you are then disallowed from posting at the forums.