# Quote Boxes Screwing Up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139 "2010-07-27T02:24:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/41 "2010-08-05T04:41:49Z")

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I must admit I am coming around to nested quoting. But I do wish it were more difficult to screw them up, as once someone accidentally takes off just one little symbol, it just snowballs from there, and penis ensues.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/42 "2010-08-06T05:30:15Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
>
> I must admit I am coming around to nested quoting. But I do wish it were more difficult to screw them up, as once someone accidentally takes off just one little symbol, it just snowballs from there, and penis ensues.

If you see broken quotes, just report the post and a mod should fix it.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/43 "2010-08-06T16:18:49Z")

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You guys are really willing to fix all that nitpicky formatting shit? Hats off to you, I guess. Hope you don’t get flooded with requests.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/44 "2010-08-06T23:03:01Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> … I do wish it were more difficult to screw them up …

There is a trick!

This is what you usually see,  
[noparse]

> [@B](#):
>
> > [@A](#):
> >
> > aaaaa
> 
> bbbbb

The “enter” key is your best friend now,

> [@B](#):
>
> > [@A](#):
> >
> > aaaaa
> 
> bbbbb

breaking it up makes it a lot harder to miss those ]s.

Then just delete the stuff in the middle,

> [@B](#):
>
> bbbbb

[/noparse]

If you want to show off your code-fu, move a couple of things and put all the  
[/quote]  
s at the end,  
[noparse]

> [@A](#):
>
> aaaaa
> 
> > [@B](#):
> >
> > bbbbb

[/noparse]

and this,

> [@B](#):
>
> > [@A](#):
> >
> > aaaaa
> 
> bbbbb

[noparse]

> [@B](#):
>
> > [@A](#):
> >
> > aaaaa
> 
> bbbbb

[/noparse]

becomes this,

> [@A](#):
>
> aaaaa
> 
> > [@B](#):
> >
> > bbbbb

[noparse]

> [@A](#):
>
> aaaaa
> 
> > [@B](#):
> >
> > bbbbb

[/noparse]

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/45 "2010-08-07T00:26:49Z")

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> > [@Siam\_Sam](#):
> >
> > … I do wish it were more difficult to screw them up …
> 
> There is a trick!
> 
> This is what you usually see,  
> [noparse]
> 
> The “enter” key is your best friend now,
> 
> breaking it up makes it a lot harder to miss those ]s.
> 
> Then just delete the stuff in the middle,  
> [/noparse]
> 
> If you want to show off your code-fu, move a couple of things and put all the

s at the end,  
[noparse][/noparse]

and this,[noparse][/noparse]

becomes this,  
[noparse]

> [@A](#):
>
> aaaaa
> 
> > [@B](#):
> >
> > bbbbb

[/noparse]

CMC fnord!  
[/QUOTE]

Um, that’s quite a trick. 😕

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-boxes-screwing-up/548139/46 "2010-08-07T12:30:12Z")

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It was good until you quoted it.

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