# attributing quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451>\
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**Created:** [February 16, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451 "2003-02-16T15:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451/1 "2003-02-16T15:34:20Z")

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I apologize in advance if this question has been answered before, the search function will not work with me this morning.

I know that to put a quote in bars we use the

[quote]  
function, ending the quote by placing a / before the word “quote” in the brackets. But in many posts people can say who they are quoting, so it looks like: _quote by Arnold Winklereid_ instead of just _quote:_. How do I do it too?

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451/2 "2003-02-16T16:08:50Z")

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\*Originally posted by grettle \*  
\*\*I apologize in advance if this question has been answered before, the search function will not work with me this morning.

I know that to put a quote in bars we use the

> [@](#):
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> function, ending the quote by placing a / before the word “quote” in the brackets. But in many posts people can say who they are quoting, so it looks like: _quote by Arnold Winklereid_ instead of just _quote:_. How do I do it too? \*\*

Just like that.

The way I did it was by clicking the ‘quote’ button just below your post.  
If you click the ‘quote’ button under my post, you can see what code you need to insert if you want to do it manually.

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**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451/3 "2003-02-16T16:17:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by wolfstu \*  
> \*\*Just like that.
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> The way I did it was by clicking the ‘quote’ button just below your post.  
> If you click the ‘quote’ button under my post, you can see what code you need to insert if you want to do it manually. \*\*

that was easy 🙂

wow, never saw that button until now, I had been doing everything through the \<Post a Reply\> screen and it didn’t prompt me that way. thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attributing-quotes/155451/4 "2003-02-16T16:30:22Z")

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At the reply screen, you can just add the words “Originally posted by Wossname” into the quote, and italicize it… or you can put the words before the quote:

_Quoth the Raven:_

> [@](#):
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> Nevermind!