# I think we can fully quote people now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [September 23, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057 "2022-09-23T00:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/41 "2022-09-23T20:28:52Z")
And relying on context means that there can occasionally be confusion that doesn’t need to be there. Quotes aren’t automatic. People quote the post because they feel it was needed for clarity. It’s dumb to have that deleted out from under you. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/42 "2022-09-23T20:34:50Z")
But how often is it necessary to quote someone in the entirety? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/43 "2022-09-23T20:35:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Context helps in determining such things. But I don’t think it helped you enough in this case. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/44 "2022-09-23T20:37:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > But how often is it necessary to quote someone in the entirety? How often is it necessary for the software to automatically change what is posted? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/45 "2022-09-23T21:43:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Context helps in determining such things Actually, I’ve seen _many_ instances here where posts would have made much more sense if Discourse had shown who was being replied to. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/46 "2022-09-24T00:13:26Z")
More than zero. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/47 "2022-09-30T22:39:32Z")
Just FYI, this is why full quotes are often necessary. > [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/29): > > Ah, gotcha. Minimal issue then. > [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/30): > > I wouldn’t call brain damage, especially with the possibility of CTE, a “minimal issue”. > [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/31): > > Sorry, should have quoted instead of just replying. Full context: It causes confusion at times to not include a quote in a reply. (Not trying to single out any poster misbehavior here, just showing how confusion can naturally result without quotes, and why it’s such a terrible design decision for Discourse to remove quotes.) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/48 "2022-09-30T22:58:55Z")
I really wish the reply button would reply with quote. Does discourse have a separate button that does that, reply with full quote? EDIT: Found it. If you hit the reply button, in the (blank) reply window’s toolbar, the leftmost button is a little quote icon. Click that to get the full quote inserted. A little hidden but functional. Much more usable than trying to manually select the entire post on a phone, which is why I didn’t originally quote. Selecting on a phone is a PITA. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/49 "2022-10-01T07:27:14Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > EDIT: Found it. If you hit the reply button, in the (blank) reply window’s toolbar, the leftmost button is a little quote icon. Click that to get the full quote inserted. Right on. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/50 "2022-10-01T22:50:41Z")
Ran into some bizarreness. I just recently had [a post where Discourse deleted my quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trevor-noah-leaving-the-daily-show/972486/101), even though the poster was not the most recent poster. And I had in fact trimmed the quote. (When I edited back in the quote, I did change it a bit, shortening my quote, which I then thought should be separated out from Novelty\_Bubble’s post.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057.md?page=2)