Purpose of Quote button in a locked topic ?

[pawanjain]

I have been on the forum for quite long now but never really got the point of having the quote button on a locked topic.
I could have asked his much earlier but I completely ignored it until today when I was writing a reply and didn't check whether the topic is locked or not.
What's the logical reason behind this though ? Can't we just keep the quote button disabled if a topic is locked ?

[Hazink]

It's to make it simple for those who want to quote information from locked thread, Instead of copying and not posting directly, you can use the quote option to get the information and drop it where necessary, and since when you click on the locked thread quote there is always a warning sign showing the thread is locked, I believe it's all okay and serving its purpose.

Edit:

Before there was a guide on how to quote from locked thread which some can find exhausting while others might consider it convincing.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5204486.0

Until powersglove provided a solution patch.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5499453.0

[Cookdata]

Having no quote button was a headache for those who wanted to quote from locked topics in a different thread. I ran into that issue many a times before this patch was implemented.

When you reach a locked topic there's a padlock right besides it. When you open the thread, the "reply" icon is also not available and the padlock sign is on the page too. If you somehow missed that, when you click the quote button in a locked thread there's no post option, so that should be a pointer not to write a response.

I think it's a great feature and was implemented as best as it could be

This question has been asked before and this is the best answer you can get and to demonstrate it to you, if that thread was locked, it would have been difficult to quote this particular post here.

[FinneysTrueVision]

It was a feature that didn’t used to exist, but people were requesting it. Sometimes it is necessary to quote something from a locked thread. I can remember a few times when I wanted to report something in the AI spam thread and those posts were from a topic that had been locked. You can always just copy and paste the original text inside quote tags, but I prefer if it is properly formatted with the author name and date.

[Charcol]

What's the logical reason behind this though ? Can't we just keep the quote button disabled if a topic is locked ?

No, it wouldn't be good. Because then it would be a hassle to use the discussion of that thread as a reference in other threads (scam accusation, reputation topic, private message, AI spam). Rather than copying the entire post, it is easier and more appropriate to use the Quote button to quote the original author, time, and link to the post. I hope you are not having trouble with the Quote button. Next time you write a reply, check if the topic is locked. I hope this kind of problem occurs to very few people.