# Changes Within the Quote Box

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-within-the-quote-box/1004116>\
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**Created:** [July 12, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-within-the-quote-box/1004116 "2024-07-12T19:10:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-within-the-quote-box/1004116/8 "2024-07-12T19:51:56Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> If you add words even in brackets, not allowed. Doesn’t matter if you think it didn’t change the meaning.  
> …  
> You added words in square brackets, not allowed.

From the rules, linked to in the OP:

> [@SDMB rules 9/12/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-rules-9-12-2023/990013/1):
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> You may add text to clarify a word using square brackets (e.g., “her [the sister’s] friend”)

I think it’s fair to say that what @Max_S did went beyond what the rules allow, but the offense was more than just “adding words in square brackets.”

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