# How come when I try to quote a post containing a quote I can't? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 14, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330 "2003-03-14T14:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/1 "2003-03-14T14:24:36Z")
I tried to quote a post that had a quote in it. (It doesn’t make sense without it) But the quote disappeared. Is there some way to do that? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/2 "2003-03-14T14:32:44Z")
You can. > [@](#): > > _vb-man_ > I tried to quote a post that had a quote in it. (It doesn’t make sense without it) But the quote disappeared. Is there some way to do that? > > > [@](#): > > > > Yes there is, but it’s by hand. Cut and paste the text, add the tags. > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > At one time this Board supported nested quotes upon pressing the quote button, bu now it doesn’t. You get a lot of lines when you close all the tags. ---
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/3 "2003-03-14T15:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hawthorne \* > \*\*You can. [/quote] \*\* [/QUOTE] Well, the above is all I got out of quoting you. So if you are just making fun of me, I don’t find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/4 "2003-03-14T16:02:31Z")
Read the rest of the post. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/5 "2003-03-14T20:06:47Z")
Before, if you quoted a post with a quote in it, both quotes would be included. I guess the last software update eliminated that feature. But that doesn’t mean you can’t code it in manually. Like **hawthorne** said, you just need to copy and paste in the text, and add the quote tags around it. ---
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/6 "2003-03-14T22:58:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hawthorne \* > \*\*Read the rest of the post. \*\* Ok, I get now what you did, you weren’t really quoting but faking aquote and I missed that part. I’m not up to doing all that with codes though, so paraphrase will just have to do me. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/7 "2003-03-15T00:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m not up to doing all that with codes though, so paraphrase will just have to do me. You’re joking, right? Doing _all_ that? It’s only 15 friggin’ key strokes fer Christ’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/8 "2003-03-15T05:55:20Z")
Wait 'til you’re asked to provide cites for things, **vb**. Your head’s going to explode from all that extra work. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/9 "2003-03-15T14:58:28Z")
Pay no attention to them snotty comments, **vb** , I understand perfectly. There’s a lot of stuff to remember, and one more complication is a headache that puts me over the top, too. ---
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/10 "2003-03-15T15:29:57Z")
That’s right, and especially when it used to work and still does work on other boards. It’s like if they took your remote control away from you. Sure it’s only “15 friggin’ key strokes fer Christ’s sake” to change the channel, but I bet you’d do a whole lot less of it! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-when-i-try-to-quote-a-post-containing-a-quote-i-cant/161330/11 "2003-03-16T11:08:37Z")
All of my html I learned from coding posts on bulletin boards, prior to vb here. I remember much of it, since I’ve been using vB and php boards the last couple of years.