# How to quote one thread in another?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-one-thread-in-another/161638 "2003-03-15T19:21:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-one-thread-in-another/161638/1 "2003-03-15T19:21:52Z")

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Okay, so I’ve been here for over three years, and I have not yet learned how to quote one thread into another. I can quote _within_ a thread but I can’t figure out how to _import_ a quote.

Can anyone help me with this?

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-one-thread-in-another/161638/2 "2003-03-15T19:27:50Z")

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There’s no automatic way to do it. You can do it manually, though.

For a simple quote, you just need to put

> [@](#):
>
> and

around any bit of text. Copy and paste what you want, and put it in between those tags. If you want to say who posted it and from what thread, you’ll have to add that in yourself.

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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-one-thread-in-another/161638/3 "2003-03-15T19:36:38Z")

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If the two threads are already going, I just hit the quote button from the previous post in my thread, copy and past the text from the other thread in between the tags, then copy and paste the name of the quoted poster into the quote in place of the original name. Copying and pasting names cuts down on srewing up someone’s name.