# How do you do those quotey things... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 9, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249 "2004-03-09T04:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/1 "2004-03-09T04:34:34Z")
…That show who originally posted the quote? Help! ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/2 "2004-03-09T04:36:35Z")
Replace () type parens with type parens: (quote=ggurl)…That show who originally posted the quote? Help!(/quote) appears as > [@ggurl](#): > > …That show who originally posted the quote? Help! More on codes that work here can be found at [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/3 "2004-03-13T04:25:41Z")
Okay here goes: > [@TJdude825](#): > > (quote=ggurl)…That show who originally posted the quote? Help!(/quote) . Oooh! Oooh! I hope I got it! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/4 "2004-03-13T20:28:08Z")
> [@ggurl](#): > > Okay here goes: > > Oooh! Oooh! I hope I got it! You can also just click on the “reply” or “quote” button in the post you want to quote. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/5 "2004-03-13T22:14:40Z")
If you click on the “reply” button for the quote, and the post you’re quoting is a relatively long one – it helps to edit the quote down. Otherwise there’ll be a whole passel of folk saying, “Oh, no, someone’s quoting entire posts _again_!!” And it’ll be the end of the world as we know it. ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/6 "2004-03-15T04:14:03Z")
When I click on the reply button, the result only includes the last post text, prior quotes get eliminated. This often causes problems in context. Is there a way to override this and quote multiple levels? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/7 "2004-03-15T21:56:14Z")
No, you’ll have to do it manually. IIRC this worked before they installed the current release. Either the current release eliminated the feature or it was an add-on for the old release. I hope we get it back at some point, but there are lots more pressing things on the agenda. ---
**Author:** ![iamme99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/57b2e6/32.png) [@iamme99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamme99)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-those-quotey-things/233249/8 "2004-03-15T23:07:40Z")
Umm, seems like there is a lot being blamed on the “current release”. Didn’t anyone test this release before it went live? And wasn’t there a backout procedure in case things didn’t work right?