# How does one do a strike through? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 25, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354 "2011-12-25T11:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/1 "2011-12-25T11:19:24Z")
I can do things in larger text. **I can be bold.** I can be secretive I can be green with envy But I can’t figure out how to do that strike through thing posters do, often with humorous effect. Can someone help me out here? I did check all the info in the BBCodes at the bottom of the page, maybe I overlooked it? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/2 "2011-12-25T11:26:04Z")
del before and /del after, encased in square brackets per usual vBulletin coding. Like this: “The winner if the 2000 election, [del]Gore[/del] Bush…” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/3 "2011-12-25T11:40:01Z")
[del]Isn’t it nice to have things like this to think about on Christmas?[/del] Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/4 "2011-12-25T12:18:00Z")
Polycarp. When teaching people how to use bb code, noparse is your friend. [noparse][noparse][del]You strike things through like this.[/del][/noparse][/noparse] =\> [noparse][del]You strike things through like this.[/del][/noparse] =\> [del]You strike things through like this.[/del] Good eh? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/5 "2011-12-25T13:46:38Z")
One other note - when you reply to a message, you see the coding used for it. So if someone posts something that you’d like to be able to do, hit reply. [del]It keeps the discussion going.[/del] You don’t have to post your reply, of course. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/6 "2011-12-26T04:28:34Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > One other note - when you reply to a message, you see the coding used for it. So if someone posts something that you’d like to be able to do, hit reply. [del]It keeps the discussion going.[/del] You don’t have to post your reply, of course. > -D/a Not sure, but do you mean “quote” rather than “reply”. [del]It keeps the discussion going.[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/7 "2011-12-26T14:00:15Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Not sure, but do you mean “quote” rather than “reply”. > > [del]It keeps the discussion going.[/del] [del]Oops. My mistake.[/del] But then the joke wouldn’t work..do we have a user named **Quote** , with a custom title? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/8 "2011-12-26T14:14:29Z")
Well it taught me how to do a strike through. I just copied your coding and replaced your words in it with mine. (I always wanted to know how but didn’t want people to think I was thick 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/9 "2011-12-29T00:58:35Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Well it taught me how to do a strike through. I just copied your coding and replaced your words in it with mine. > > (I always wanted to know how but didn’t want people to think I was thick 🙂 ) Too late! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/10 "2011-12-29T07:47:01Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Too late! 😛 I thought I hid it well. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-a-strike-through/607354/11 "2011-12-29T10:53:37Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > Polycarp. > > When teaching people how to use bb code, noparse is your friend. Thank you ! Learned something very useful today.