# CAn someone tell me how to insert quotes in my posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 13, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793 "2015-08-13T23:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/1 "2015-08-13T23:46:15Z")
I try and it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/2 "2015-08-13T23:51:19Z")
The quote function here is spotty. It is easy to use, when it works. All you do is click the “Quote” button in the post you would like to quote. Then a reply box with the quoted quote opens. But it does not always work. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/3 "2015-08-13T23:53:00Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I try and it doesn’t work. One clicks QUOTE on the post one seeks to quote. To quote different posts at once click the icon next to that with inverted commas until it turns red, then repeat on each post, and finally click QUOTE on the last. [One can rearrange the posts as wished.] Otherwise type [QUOTE] before the text and type [/QUOTE] after — closing those gaps I inserted. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/4 "2015-08-13T23:57:29Z")
I keep getting into the problem of trying to comment multiple times in a quote and my text becomes part of the other guys post. I guess you use > [@](#): > > and etc for that? Is there an easier way? ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/5 "2015-08-14T00:08:37Z")
If you have, say, three sections to reply to. put [Quote] and [/Quote] at the ends of each section, and type your response after each. Close the gaps in those examples, again. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/6 "2015-08-14T00:18:09Z")
Yeah. First quote the person you wish to reply to. Before you put in your comment, type in [noparse] [/quote] and after your comment type in [quote] .[/noparse]. Like this: ```auto [noparse] [quote="bobot, post:2, topic:727793"] The quote function here is spotty. It is easy to use, when it works. [/quote] That's good! [quote] All you do is click the "Quote" button in the post you would like to quote. Then a reply box with the quoted quote opens. But it does not always work. [/quote] That sucks! [/noparse] ``` Which produces: > [@bobot](#): > > The quote function here is spotty. It is easy to use, > when it works. That’s good! > [@](#): > > All you do is click the “Quote” button in the post you would like to quote. Then a reply > box with the quoted quote opens. But it does not always work. That sucks! I don’t think anyone really wants it to be any easier, in order to discourage people from overdoing it, which is called “post parsing.” It’s generally best to reply–at most–paragraph by paragraph, rather than line by line. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/7 "2015-08-14T00:27:40Z")
That one inserted codes as interspersed [code] and [/code]. Seriously, you may be using the inferior basic editor. Go to User CP, go to Edit Options: at the base choose the editor you want; either Basic, Standard, or Enhanced. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/8 "2015-08-14T00:37:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s > [@](#): > > generally > [@](#): > > best > [@](#): > > to > [@](#): > > reply > [@](#): > > - > [@](#): > > - > [@](#): > > at > [@](#): > > most > [@](#): > > - > [@](#): > > - > [@](#): > > paragraph > [@](#): > > by > [@](#): > > paragraph > [@](#): > > , > [@](#): > > rather > [@](#): > > than > [@](#): > > line > [@](#): > > by > [@](#): > > line > [@](#): > > . And as sexy as this post is people don’t like it when you quote word by word either. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/9 "2015-08-14T01:34:45Z")
Yeah. But with these Philadelphia lawyers here I’m feeling the need to parse at the paragraph level. Thanx I just went to full WYsiwyg. Hope I don’t blow up. ---
**Author:** ![McGuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@McGuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McGuffy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-how-to-insert-quotes-in-my-posts/727793/10 "2015-08-14T01:38:35Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > That one inserted codes as interspersed [code] and [/code]. > Seriously, you may be using the inferior basic editor. Go to User CP, go to Edit Options: at the base choose the editor you want; either Basic, Standard, or Enhanced. Thank you!