# Practice Quoting and Multi-quoting here. (I need this thread!) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573 "2020-06-23T23:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/1 "2020-06-23T23:12:51Z")
I’ve quoted, but when I publish the post, I don’t always see the quote in the new post/reply I make. I also want to practice and figure out how to multi-quote, so I am putting this here. Feel free to quote and practice quoting here. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/2 "2020-06-23T23:13:13Z")
This should be a regular quote of my first post. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/3 "2020-06-23T23:14:14Z")
OK, so do you all see the quote in post #2? I did it and it disappeared once I published. I only see my new line from post #2. Also, the “edit pencil” turned orange and said my post was edited… What is going on? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/4 "2020-06-23T23:15:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Feel free to quote and practice quoting here. I tried highlighting only what I wanted to quote and THEN hitting the reply box. Seems to work. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/5 "2020-06-23T23:17:26Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > tried highlighting only what I wanted to quote and THEN hitting the reply box. Seems to work. Apparently, it is set up to automatically delete/remove any quote where we quote the entire post. I don’t get why that would be the case. This should be removed. I dropped the word “I” from your post above and I presume it will allow it now. Can we get this fixed? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/6 "2020-06-23T23:18:53Z")
To quote your entire post, I first hit the “reply” to your post, and then hit the little bubble in the upper left of my reply field. This automatically quoted the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/7 "2020-06-23T23:20:00Z")
OHHH, then it did what you saw before: " [system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)just now — Automatically removed quote of whole previous post." It did not do that yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/8 "2020-06-23T23:21:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Apparently, it is set up to automatically delete/remove any quote where we quote the entire post. Only if the quoted post is the most recent post. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/9 "2020-06-23T23:23:52Z")
I am still wondering if we can get rid of this auto-elimination thingy. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/10 "2020-06-23T23:25:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I also want to practice and figure out how to multi-quote, so I am putting this [here.me](http://here.me), me, too > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > To quote your entire post, I first hit the “reply” to your post, and then hit the little bubble in the upper left of my reply field. I haven’t found that, yet ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/11 "2020-06-23T23:26:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > To quote your entire post, I first hit the “reply” to your post, and then hit the little bubble in the upper left of my reply field. This automatically quoted the whole thing. oh, this bubble!! thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/12 "2020-06-23T23:34:27Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > I also want to practice and figure out how to multi-quote, so I am putting this [here.me](http://here.me), > > me, too > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > To quote your entire post, I first hit the “reply” to your post, and then hit the little bubble in the upper left of my reply field. > > I haven’t found that, yet > [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > To quote your entire post, I first hit the “reply” to your post, and then hit the little bubble in the upper left of my reply field. This automatically quoted the whole thing. > > oh, this bubble!! > > thank you! This is my attempt to multi-quote… ---
**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:** [June 23, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/13 "2020-06-23T23:52:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I am still wondering if we can get rid of this auto-elimination thingy Leave off the last character of the quoted post and it will work. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/14 "2020-06-23T23:55:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > I am still wondering if we can get rid of this auto-elimination thingy > > Leave off the last character of the quoted post and it will work testing (I see we now have a FIVE character limit instead of twenty) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/15 "2020-06-24T00:25:23Z")
Manual quote: > [@](#): > > Something that somebody said! Manual nested quote: > [@](#): > > …and then someone quoted someone else, who said [QUOTE]Important stuff! …which as you can see, is highly relevant here[/quote] ^^^ Yeah what they said. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/16 "2020-06-24T00:26:40Z")
Manual quote: > [@](#): > > Something that somebody said! Semi-Manual, Semi-button-powered nested quote: [QUOTE]…and then someone quoted someone else, who said > Important stuff! > …which as you can see, is highly relevant here[/quote] ^^^ Yeah what they said. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/17 "2020-06-24T00:26:53Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Manual quote: > > > [@](#): > > > > Something that somebody said! > > Manual nested quote: > > > [@](#): > > > > …and then someone quoted someone else, who said [QUOTE]Important stuff! > > …which as you can see, is highly relevant here[/quote] > > ^^^ Yeah what they said Make sure the quote tag is on its own line. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/18 "2020-06-24T00:28:09Z")
So, nested quotes: > [@AHunter3](#): > > …and then someone quoted someone else, who said > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > make sure the quote tag is on its own line > > Yeah that does seem to work Outside of the quote boxes down here ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/19 "2020-06-24T00:32:47Z")
This is my attempt at a multiquote. Eureka! It works! ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/20 "2020-06-24T00:36:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > > [@AHunter3](#): > > > > So, nested quotes: > > > > > [@AHunter3](#): > > > > > > …and then someone quoted someone else, who said > > > > > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > > > > > make sure the quote tag is on its own line > > > > > > Yeah that does seem to work > > > > Outside of the quote boxes down here > > This is my attempt at a multiquote. > > Eureka! It works!  It’s like poetry! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573.md?page=2)