# I hate broken tags. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162 "2004-10-14T05:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/1 "2004-10-14T05:26:38Z")
Broken tags are really annoying. But what makes me really really mad are those posters who will start with a \*\* tag and end with a \* tag. Do you want to bold the text, or italicize it? Make up your mind, you imbecile! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/2 "2004-10-14T05:51:09Z")
\*\*[Ironic postings in response to pittings](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280315) \* ---
**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:** [October 14, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/3 "2004-10-14T06:39:31Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > Broken tags are really annoying\*\*, b **ut what makes me really** ,\*\* really mad are those posters who will start with a \*\* tag and end with a \* tag. Do you want to bold the text, or italicize it? Make up your mind, you imbecile! Good thing you never make mistakes, huh? ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/4 "2004-10-14T07:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Good thing you never make mistakes, huh?[/QUOTE Nope, never. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/5 "2004-10-14T07:32:30Z")
What? I am talking about tags, not grammatical errors. Personally, I find a failed tag more annoying because it stands out like a sore thumb. And to the best of my knowledge, the form I used in the OP is correct. And **Q.E.D.** , [Let](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3118376&postcount=9) [him](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3124751&postcount=2) [who](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3119959&postcount=2) [is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3120140&postcount=5) [without](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3162320&postcount=2) [sin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3166349&postcount=5) [cast](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3175950&postcount=4) [the](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3573267&postcount=3) [first](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3729113&postcount=2) [stone](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4678930&postcount=7). šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/6 "2004-10-14T07:45:35Z")
\*\*Itā€™s a lot easier to just use the ā€œOpen Tagā€ and ā€œClose Tagā€ buttons, ensuring all tabs are closed. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/7 "2004-10-14T07:50:07Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Itā€™s a lot easier to just use the ā€œOpen Tagā€ and ā€œClose Tagā€ buttons, ensuring all tabs are closed. How does the Close Tag button work? I tried, but it doesnā€™t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/8 "2004-10-14T09:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dog80] What? I am talking about tags, not grammatical errors. Personally, I find a failed tag more annoying because it stands out like a sore thumb. And to the best of my knowledge, the form I used in the OP is correct. ā€œLet HIM who is without sin cast the first stoneā€ is grammatically incorrect, not to mention irony too rich to spread on toast. What you mean is ā€œLet HE who is without sin cast the first stone.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/9 "2004-10-14T09:33:38Z")
[QUOTE=Middlecase] > [@Dog80](#): > > What? I am talking about tags, not grammatical errors. Personally, I find a failed tag more annoying because it stands out like a sore thumb. And to the best of my knowledge, the form I used in the OP is correct. > > ā€œLet HIM who is without sin cast the first stoneā€ is grammatically incorrect, not to mention irony too rich to spread on toast. What you mean is ā€œLet HE who is without sin cast the first stone.ā€ No, you donā€™t. Just looked it up, and I most humbly apologise for casting nasturtiums. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/10 "2004-10-14T09:35:20Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/11 "2004-10-14T09:45:52Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > +1 ??? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/12 "2004-10-14T14:05:00Z")
Well, **Dog80** , donā€™t take this personally, but this is the lamest rant I have ever read. Iā€™ve read quite a few on this board over the years and via archives, and I hereby award you the #1 Most Lame Award. Dude, people make mistakes, and this board does not allow editing. Itā€™s part of the charm that makes this place what it is. Everyone understands that. Except, apparently, you. Get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/13 "2004-10-14T14:11:28Z")
Tell you what, **Dog80** , you can be the mod whose sole job is to read every post on this board adn fix all the typoed tags. OK? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/14 "2004-10-14T14:12:29Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Tell you what, **Dog80** , you can be the mod whose sole job is to read every post on this board **adn** fix all the typoed tags. OK? Fixing typoed words is optional. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/15 "2004-10-14T14:24:25Z")
You do realize that the broken tags arenā€™t a conscious choice on the part of the offending poster, right **Dog80**? I mean, people should preview and all, but when youā€™re shooting off a short reply (much like this one), thereā€™s very little incentive to preview and make sure everything is closed up all nice and neat. Iā€™m with **Ponder** ā€“of all the things to get worked up over (and yes, you said ā€œreally really madā€ and ā€œimbecileā€, so this isnā€™t one of those ā€œIā€™m mildly annoyedā€ pittings), this has really got to be the lamest possible thing you could choose. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/16 "2004-10-14T14:33:41Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > What? I am talking about tags, not grammatical errors. Well, no shit. My point was that tag mismatches are errors, too. And where did I claim never to make them? Dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/17 "2004-10-14T15:30:30Z")
Way to take the high road, **Q.E.D.** So far, no one had gotten too personally insulting. To **Dog80** : A broken link can actually affect the argument, as it prohibits us from having access to the same information at times. Usually, I can just copy and paste, fxing it as I do so. Other broken tags are merely a slight nuisance, the result of an innocent mistake. To everyone: Rafter and straw, people! ;j ---
**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:** [October 14, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/18 "2004-10-14T15:36:00Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > Make up your mind, you imbecile! Thatā€™s not insulting? Hmm? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/19 "2004-10-14T15:43:52Z")
_That_ was from the OP and was directed to no one particular person. I took it as hyperbole. I suppose you could back track from his linking of your posts to that statement and interpolate it as casting aspersions on your person, but that seems like a lot of extra work. I just donā€™t think such a mild and lame (yes, LAME) pitting deserves such personal insults. Loki knows how much I enjoy a good shit flinging fest, but this doesnā€™t seem to be the thread for it. Still, it _is_ the Pitā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-broken-tags/269162/20 "2004-10-15T08:48:53Z")
Iā€™m kinda on the OPā€™s side on this one. Whenever I include links, quotes, or tags of any sort, I always preview to make sure I didnā€™t mess up the coding. And if itā€™s a link, I always click the link in the preview pane to make sure it actually links. It appears that most posters also do this, but many do not. But as much as I agree with the OP, I second **Ponder Stibbons** in voting this the lamest rant ever.