# How do you post a spoiler?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943 "2003-09-06T16:31:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943/1 "2003-09-06T16:31:26Z")

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Guess the title explains it. I want to post something inside a spoiler box but can’t figure out how to.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943/2 "2003-09-06T16:35:37Z")

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&#091spoiler]Text to put in the spolier box.&#091/spoiler]

renders as

Text to put in the spolier box.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943/3 "2003-09-06T16:38:29Z")

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Right in front of the words you want boxed, put the word  
spoiler  
inside a pair of brackets  
  
At the end of the words you want boxed, put the word  
/spoiler  
(got to have that “/” in there) inside another pair of brackets

That should do it.

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**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943/4 "2003-09-06T16:55:00Z")

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Thank you very much!!!

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-a-spoiler/199943/5 "2003-09-06T18:42:48Z")

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Questions like this usually go in ATMB, but since this one has been answered, I’ll close this thread rather than move it.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ