# Is something wrong with the quick reply quote function?

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**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556 "2006-06-28T22:26:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/1 "2006-06-28T22:26:31Z")

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One of my recent posts got screwed up, the beginning [quote] was missing, so the [/QUOTE] showed up. I noticed some other people seem to have an additional [/QUOTE] on their posts. Is it messed up? Has anyone else noticed this?

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/2 "2006-06-29T00:32:28Z")

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One of my recent posts got screwed up, the beginning [quote] was missing, so the [/QUOTE] showed up. I noticed some other people seem to have an additional [/QUOTE] on their posts. Is it messed up? Has anyone else noticed this?  
Reply With Quote

hmmm

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/3 "2006-06-29T00:35:54Z")

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> [@dogbutler](#):
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> One of my recent posts got screwed up, the beginning [quote] was missing, so the [/QUOTE] showed up. I noticed some other people seem to have an additional [/QUOTE] on their posts. Is it messed up? Has anyone else noticed this?  
> Reply With Quote
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> hmmm

Well, it added “Reply With Quote” when I cut and pasted to the Quick Reply box.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/4 "2006-06-29T13:19:26Z")

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Dunno. Not sure what you’re doing. Not sure what the system is doing.

Can you replicate this and tell me the steps you took to replicate the situation? Then that will give us some direction to go in to see what might be wrong.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/5 "2006-06-29T17:29:03Z")

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When you see a coding screwup in one of my posts, it’s usually my own fault. In the quick reply box, though, when you use the bold, italic, or underline functions, it’s different from the ones in the full size reply box. You have to click it before and after the phrase you are modifying. It is the same way with the quote button.

For example, to make a quote, you have to click quote HERE"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"AND HERE. So, it comes out like this:

> [@](#):
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> “Screw the torpor, move it!”

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-wrong-with-the-quick-reply-quote-function/362556/6 "2006-06-29T17:56:36Z")

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With Firefox, the \*\*quick \*\*_reply_ buttons seem to work exactly the same way as in full reply.

> [@](#):
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> Testing the quote button.