# Nested quotes have been discontinued

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**Created:** [October 18, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-quotes-have-been-discontinued/557502 "2010-10-18T01:12:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nested-quotes-have-been-discontinued/557502/1 "2010-10-18T01:12:51Z")

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Based on mod/admin requests, the previously installed nested quotes function has been discontinued.

Many quotes were being mis-attributed because posters were deleting the wrong

[quote]  
tags when editing nested posts.

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