# Bug when quoting posts with a numbered list **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 3, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-when-quoting-posts-with-a-numbered-list/943540 "2021-06-03T13:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-when-quoting-posts-with-a-numbered-list/943540/19 "2022-06-16T13:59:57Z")
Updating a year later: This issue appears to be partially fixed. But if you quote only part of a list, the formatting is still mangled. For instance, in the current thread on the Emancipation Proclamation, post #3 by @Johnny_Bravo starts with a numbered list from 1 to 3: > [@Was the Emancipation Proclamation Unconstitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-emancipation-proclamation-unconstitutional/966269/3): > > The slaves were, legally, the property of the slave owners. The United States was at war with the Confederacy. A nation may, in the course of prosecuting a war, deprive its enemies of property without compensating them for it. Therefore, depriving the southern states of its slaves was (legally) no different than raiding a supply depot and making off with bundles of rations and ammunition. In the next post, @DrDeth quotes the last item in the list and the following text: > [@Was the Emancipation Proclamation Unconstitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-emancipation-proclamation-unconstitutional/966269/4): > > Right. Legal. And maybe won the war. The quote still puts a number before the last item in the list, but the number is now 1, instead of 3, which is clearly incorrect: It makes it look like @DrDeth is replying to the first item on the list, which he is not. Oh, and since typing this out, I noticed yet another bug: The quick-view box you get from a link to the posts strips out the list formatting entirely. You’ll have to click the links to see what’s happening. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-when-quoting-posts-with-a-numbered-list/943540)._