# Practice **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 27, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024 "2016-07-27T13:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/1 "2016-07-27T13:54:01Z")
Okay, let’s try this. > [@](#): > > qwerty > [@](#): > > somewhere over the rainbow > [@](#): > > Lincoln’s beard ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/2 "2016-07-27T14:08:23Z")
Damn. Help please? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/3 "2016-07-27T14:10:11Z")
[spoiler]text goes here[/spoiler) Replace the parentheses with a square bracket. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/4 "2016-07-27T14:25:12Z")
Running coach to the rescue! Okay, here I go again: > [@](#): > > Thanks, RC. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/5 "2016-07-27T14:29:04Z")
Flippin’ hades! :smack::smack::smack: All I want to do is make a spoiler box. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/6 "2016-07-27T14:31:25Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Flippin’ hades! :smack::smack::smack: > > All I want to do is make a spoiler box. I typed: > > bracket quote bracket phrase bracket vergule quote bracket > > and all I got was a quote. I wanted a spoiler box. You need “spoiler” not “quote” ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/7 "2016-07-27T14:32:42Z")
Okay, trying again: running coach is kind ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/8 "2016-07-27T14:33:42Z")
:D:D:D Yippee! Now I feel like a real Doper! Thank you, **running coach**. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/9 "2016-07-27T14:40:33Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Practice I’ll take “directions to New York landmarks” for 800, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/10 "2016-07-27T15:10:48Z")
How does one get to Carnegie Hall? someone forgot to put it in the form of a question ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/11 "2016-07-27T15:15:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [spoiler]text goes here[/spoiler) > > Replace the parentheses with a square bracket. I give up. How did you know the OP was trying to do spoilers? ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/12 "2016-07-27T15:36:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I give up. How did you know the OP was trying to do spoilers? **Running coach** is a charter member. Those guys have supernatural powers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/13 "2016-07-27T15:36:39Z")
Testing: > [@](#): > > [del]test[/del] ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/14 "2016-07-27T15:38:32Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > How does one get to Carnegie Hall? Depends on where you’re starting, but generally the R train. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/15 "2016-07-27T16:10:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [spoiler]text goes here[/spoiler) > > Replace the parentheses with a square bracket. FYI, you can use noparse tags to demonstrate coding. If you code: [noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse] it will display as: [noparse][/noparse] ---
**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:** [July 27, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/16 "2016-07-27T16:28:45Z")
And you can always “quote” a post that has the formatting you are trying to replicate. In the text box the coding will be revealed. So, if you didn’t know how to do [del]strikethrough[/del] you could quote this post and you will see the coding. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/17 "2016-07-27T20:08:34Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And you can always “quote” a post that has the formatting you are trying to replicate. In the text box the coding will be revealed. > > So, if you didn’t know how to do [del]strikethrough[/del] you could quote this post and you will see the coding. Except it doesn’t show anything in a quote box. Hence my confusion about how **running coach** knew that the OP was asking about spoiler tags. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/18 "2016-07-27T20:11:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Except it doesn’t show anything in a quote box. Hence my confusion about how **running coach** knew that the OP was asking about spoiler tags. Waltzes said in post 2 that was the intent. Looks like it was edited out. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/19 "2016-07-27T20:12:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Except it doesn’t show anything in a quote box. Hence my confusion about how **running coach** knew that the OP was asking about spoiler tags. I wasn’t answer that question- just offering another way to figure coding out. It puzzled me too. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024/20 "2016-07-27T21:05:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Waltzes said in post 2 that was the intent. Looks like it was edited out. Yes, I edited out a few lines, but in those five mins while I was pruning, **running coach** had already captured the deletions in a quote. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice/761024.md?page=2)