# How Do I "quote" an individual on the SDMB?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 11, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835 "2003-10-11T13:48:46Z")
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### Author: ![sunrise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sunrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835/1 "2003-10-11T13:48:46Z")

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I understand that if I want to quote someone I click the word QUOTE on the tool bar and paste in their comment and then click DONE. This will quote the TEXT of what they said and it will have a title bar that says “quote”. But how do I quote a specific person? For instance I see somthing like

“lobsang quote” How is the name Lobsong included in the quote?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835/2 "2003-10-11T14:01:06Z")

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See the “Quote” button in the lower right corner of this post? (Next to “Edit”, which doesn’t work?) Click it. The screen will load, and you will see a box surrounded by quote-tags, and the “Originally posted by Ferret Herder” message at the beginning of my text.

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### Author: ![sunrise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@sunrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835/3 "2003-10-11T14:13:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ferret Herder \*  
> \*\*See the “Quote” button in the lower right corner of this post? (Next to “Edit”, which doesn’t work?) Click it. The screen will load, and you will see a box surrounded by quote-tags, and the “Originally posted by Ferret Herder” message at the beginning of my text. \*\*

Thank you. I appreciate it. Now how about those winning lottery numbers for tonights drawing?

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### Author: ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835/4 "2003-10-11T14:15:32Z")

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2-8-18-19-25-29. Good Luck!

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### Author: ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-quote-an-individual-on-the-sdmb/206835/5 "2003-10-11T14:18:16Z")

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General Questions is for questions with factual answers; ATMB is for discussions About This Message Board. Since this has been answered, I’ll close it rather than move it to ATMB.

**DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator