# "Multi quote this message" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 13, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785 "2008-10-13T22:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/1 "2008-10-13T22:34:48Z")
Does that do anything besides changing color when you click it? That’s a neat piece of functionality, but I think maybe I’m missing something else. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/2 "2008-10-13T22:38:46Z")
Click on a few of those multi-quote thingies and then hit the quote button on the last one and all the posts that you clicked will show up in the reply box. I had to figure that one out on my own since no one in the MMP would help me out. :mad: 😉 So I’m sharing my finding with you. I hope it helps. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/3 "2008-10-13T22:39:27Z")
Click it on a few messages, and then hit “quote” on one and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/4 "2008-10-13T22:48:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Click it on a few messages, and then hit “quote” on one and see what happens. > [@straight dope archives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-archives/467533/7): > > No need to apologise for limited resources. Well, evidently, some weeks ago jdavis must have spent time to redesign the archive page. (A dynamically generated multipage index, even.) - And since then, it doesn’t get linked to from where people can easily find it! (Like it used to be.) Talk about priorities… > > I mean, it’s not like something on Cecil Adams’ web presence needs to get straightened out - it’s more like a whole chunk of it has broken off. Any idea of the visitor attraction, visitor retention, and publicity value of an archive of open browsable content? > > Are you sure that making the list of available columns a little less obvious wasn’t a direct decision from higher up, to make us buy more books? Just askin’… I find it hard to believe that the owners would let the _work schedule of their technical staff_ determine the (non)visibility of 99% of their site’s permanent content. So, you’re saying, as soon as someone finds the time to edit the page, a browsable list of previous columns will be one click away from the main page again? Well, something happened, but I’m not sure what. I don’t know where that second quote came from, I’ve never seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/5 "2008-10-13T22:54:59Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Well, something happened, but I’m not sure what. I don’t know where that second quote came from, I’ve never seen it before. Wow, a bonus! 😛 You can just hit the arrow next to the quote box to see where it came from. It’s another thread from this forum that you must have checked accidentally or was trying to quote before you got here. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/6 "2008-10-13T22:59:33Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Click on a few of those multi-quote thingies and then hit the quote button on the last one and all the posts that you clicked will show up in the reply box. > > I had to figure that one out on my own since no one in the MMP would help me out. :mad: 😉 > > So I’m sharing my finding with you. I hope it helps. 🆒 Hey!! I wrote a whole thesis about it in the Current Update thread! :mad:😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/7 "2008-10-14T02:15:40Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Hey!! I wrote a whole thesis about it in the Current Update thread! :mad:😃 You’re hired! I can’t figure this stuff out. WHY is it so hard to use in this “state of the art” software? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/8 "2008-10-14T02:21:11Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You’re hired! I can’t figure this stuff out. WHY is it so hard to use in this “state of the art” software? Do I get a mug? Chocolate? Adoration of the little people? ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/9 "2008-10-14T17:34:55Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You’re hired! I can’t figure this stuff out. WHY is it so hard to use in this “state of the art” software? Just to confuse the issue some more, you can also click on all the multi click thingies you want to quote, THEN click on the “Post Reply” button at the end of the thread, as I did here. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Do I get a mug? Chocolate? Adoration of the little people? As soon as I find a chocolate mug of the adoring little people, I promise, it’s yours 😃 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/10 "2008-10-14T17:36:52Z")
> [@Merhouse](#): > > As soon as I find a chocolate mug of the adoring little people, I promise, it’s yours 😃 You, I like. ---
**Author:** ![wfudan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@wfudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wfudan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/11 "2008-10-16T04:49:25Z")
Any chance of getting this multi-quote business to work with quick reply? Surely I’m not the only one trying to maximize the efficiency of my time wasting efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/12 "2008-10-16T05:53:36Z")
> [@wfudan](#): > > Any chance of getting this multi-quote business to work with quick reply? Surely I’m not the only one trying to maximize the efficiency of my time wasting efforts. Is this a whoosh? :dubious: Quick reply doesn’t have any quotes. That’s what makes it a quick reply. How could it have multi-quotes? And if this is a whoosh, I’m not even going to feel bad about it. This place has gone so batty lately, I can’t even tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/13 "2008-10-16T11:31:27Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![wfudan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@wfudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wfudan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/14 "2008-10-16T20:14:35Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Is this a whoosh? :dubious: > > Quick reply doesn’t have any quotes. That’s what makes it a quick reply. How could it have multi-quotes? > > And if this is a whoosh, I’m not even going to feel bad about it. This place has gone so batty lately, I can’t even tell the difference. But you can have it quote the post you are quick replying to… granted, it’s not the greatest idea ever, but it could save a few clicks. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/15 "2008-10-17T15:29:25Z")
Oh, OK sorry, I didn’t realize that. I thought that quick reply didn’t have quotes at all. ETA: I clicked on two posts and then clicked on the quick reply and no quotes appeared. I’ll try just clicking on one post for the next post. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/16 "2008-10-17T15:31:30Z")
Does this work? ETA: I tried clicking on one post, but the quote doesn’t show up in that either. Are you sure that one quote appears when you quick reply? If so, I can’t get it to work. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/17 "2008-10-17T16:02:45Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Does this work? > > ETA: I tried clicking on one post, but the quote doesn’t show up in that either. Are you sure that one quote appears when you quick reply? If so, I can’t get it to work. This is a test to see if we can Quick Reply and quote a message. ETA : Indeed we can. After clicking the Quick Reply button, check the box for “Quote message in reply.” No text appears, but the system adds the quoted post when you submit the post. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/18 "2008-10-17T16:11:27Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > This is a test to see if we can Quick Reply and quote a message. > > ETA : Indeed we can. After clicking the Quick Reply button, check the box for “Quote message in reply.” No text appears, but the system adds the quoted post when you submit the post. Testing if **MHaye** ’s method works with multiple quotes. Looks like only one quote per reply. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-quote-this-message/467785/19 "2008-10-17T16:16:05Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > This is a test to see if we can Quick Reply and quote a message. > > ETA : Indeed we can. After clicking the Quick Reply button, check the box for “Quote message in reply.” No text appears, but the system adds the quoted post when you submit the post. Ah, OK thanks. ETA: So if there were multiple quotes, you wouldn’t reply to each of them individually but both of them simultaneously. Do people do that a lot?