# "Automatic" Changes Inside Quote Boxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-changes-inside-quote-boxes/739070>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 30, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-changes-inside-quote-boxes/739070 "2015-11-30T23:12:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-changes-inside-quote-boxes/739070/21 "2015-12-08T17:29:30Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> # But you can do the above if you want. You get the best of both worlds: attribution, pingback \*and \*pretentious pre- and post-amble. 🙂
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> _Lux ex tenebris_

🙂 Just saw this. (Somehow I forgot to check back on this thread, a sorry situation given its importance.)

Well done.

# Hand on testicles

_Chiaroscuro_

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