# Italics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italics/328846>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 1, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italics/328846 "2005-11-01T02:59:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ishamael69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italics/328846/1 "2005-11-01T02:59:14Z")

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Why is the bottom part of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=342017) in italics?

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italics/328846/2 "2005-11-01T03:14:57Z")

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> [@ishamael69](#):
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> Why is the bottom part of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=342017) in italics?

A coding mistake by a previous poster (forgetting to close an italics tag). I fixed it.