# how do I amke an "originally posted..." quote tag?

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**Created:** [March 27, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-amke-an-originally-posted-quote-tag/236707 "2004-03-27T07:51:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-amke-an-originally-posted-quote-tag/236707/1 "2004-03-27T07:51:01Z")

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How do I make a quote box where the first line reads “originally posted by \<username\>”?

I know how to use the quote button on the posting screen but I can’t figure this one out. Obviously I could type in “originally posted by \<username\>” but the other posts I have seem seem consistent enough to suggest that there is a way of doing it using either buttons or vbCode.

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**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-amke-an-originally-posted-quote-tag/236707/2 "2004-03-27T08:01:10Z")

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Change the opening _QUOTE_ tag to _QUOTE=name_.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-amke-an-originally-posted-quote-tag/236707/3 "2004-03-27T08:05:48Z")

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> [@snorlax](#):
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> … there is a way of doing it using either buttons or vbCode.

Every post in a thread has a reply button at the bottom right corner, hit it and then cut or delete what you don’t want to use.

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**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-amke-an-originally-posted-quote-tag/236707/4 "2004-03-27T08:09:21Z")

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> [@donkeyoatey](#):
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> Every post in a thread has a reply button at the bottom right corner

> [@kellner](#):
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> Change the opening QUOTE tag to QUOTE=name.

Well, I’ve just tried both. Thanks folks!