# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/84 "2020-08-08T03:40:26Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Two main ways to multiquote. You can highlight the part from the first post that you want to quote, then press the Quote button that magically pops up. Go to the next post and do the same thing. And so on. > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Or you can press the Reply button under the first post (not the one at the bottom of the thread), then click the speech bubble. Click Reply under the next post you want to quote. Click the speech bubble. And so on. Wow! Now I see how to do this! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/85 "2020-08-23T19:05:15Z")
Very useful thread and just used the knowledge I got from reading here to successfully multi-quote. Don’t think I’ll get a badge for that, so I’m celebrating 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:** [August 23, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/86 "2020-08-23T20:02:23Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Don’t think I’ll get a badge for that, so I’m celebrating here. 🍾 Glad to have helped by posting it! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/87 "2020-08-31T21:13:11Z")
Test quoting. Don’t mind me. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/88 "2020-09-09T17:28:09Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This is my attempt at a multiquote. > > Eureka! It works! This is my attempt at a single quote. Eureka! It works. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/89 "2021-01-23T14:47:07Z")
Link to a picture, as a test : > **[Appartement2 hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/NTY47v3)** > > Image Appartement2 hosted in ImgBB ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/90 "2021-01-23T16:19:50Z")
I tried to paste a picture in this message, and got this: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. How can I paste a picture? Does it have to be a link? ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/91 "2021-01-23T16:24:13Z")
That’s precisely the difficulty I encountered this morning, and why I posted the above test. Googling (about Discord boards in general) seems to indicate it’s a per-user permission, maybe our accounts lost that permission for some reason. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/92 "2021-01-23T17:14:41Z")
Yes, you have to paste a link to a picture, the board won’t host a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/94 "2021-01-23T18:06:01Z")
[![](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg&w=916) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg&w=916) Try, try again ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/95 "2021-01-23T18:35:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Yes, you have to paste a link to a picture, the board won’t host a picture. Quote testing. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/96 "2021-01-23T18:37:23Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > That’s precisely the difficulty I encountered this morning, > [@needscoffee](#): > > Yes, you have to paste a link to a picture, the board won’t host a picture. Reduce multi. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/97 "2021-01-23T19:01:50Z")
Test > [@Mahaloth](#): > > testing multi-quoting. Blah, blah blah! > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > press the Quote button that magically pops up. Bablelanche! > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Maybe this will be Maybe baby! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/98 "2021-01-24T05:07:40Z")
That URL is too complex, and doesn’t end with a recognizable file type to expand into a preview. Whereas stripping out the extraneous parts of the URL to just the direct link to the picture resource yields: [![](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg) ](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/99 "2021-01-24T16:27:53Z")
[![](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg) ](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/F6GLWLC47EI6XKCJN6KCHJ277U.jpg) Ah, gotcha! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LilXMo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lilxmo/32/4225_2.png) [@LilXMo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilXMo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/100 "2021-08-29T07:48:23Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Let’s give that a try. [How to Go from Standard to Open-G Tuning | Acoustic Guitar](https://acousticguitar.com/how-to-go-from-standard-to-open-g-tuning/) > > It works. 😊 and it didn’t create the big preview box. I took your suggestion and didn’t hit return. Thank you, I appreciate the help. > > Discourse is a nice board, but sometimes it tries to anticipate what we want. Gets in the way. I’ve struggled ---
**Author:** ![LilXMo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lilxmo/32/4225_2.png) [@LilXMo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilXMo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/101 "2021-08-29T07:50:48Z")
> [@by-tor](#): > > Test > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > testing multi-quoting. > > Blah, blah blah! > > > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > > press the Quote button that magically pops up. > > Bablelanche! > > > [@CairoCarol](#): > > > > Maybe this will be > > Maybe baby! Mahaloth has some ideas > [@peedin](#): > > > [@cochrane](#): > > > > This is my attempt at a multiquote. > > > > > Eureka! It works! > > This is my attempt at a single quote. Eureka! It works. I’m trying too ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/102 "2021-09-03T16:26:37Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@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. Testing if only the most recent post gets deleted on a quote since the post I’m quoting (actually 2 posts) was from June 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/103 "2021-09-03T16:27:12Z")
Quoting my own “most recent post” to see what gets deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573/104 "2021-09-03T16:27:45Z")
Thanks for this thread. Now I understand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573.md?page=4)