# Quoting Extremely Long Posts... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 26, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017 "2013-03-26T16:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/41 "2013-03-27T18:05:15Z")
[Is this better, **Shodan**?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16138218&posted=1#post16138218) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/42 "2013-03-27T18:16:31Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > You should learn the noparse code. It allows you to use other codes and have them show up without enacting. I would be glad to learn that if someone would show me what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/43 "2013-03-27T18:18:50Z")
[noparse] > [@cochrane](#): > > I would be glad to learn that if someone would show me what it is. [/noparse] Put [noparse][noparse][/noparse]\* around something and the code shows up as text and stops acting like code. (I wrapped the quote above in noparse brackets). [Here’s](https://www.youtube.com/) a link to youtube. Here’s what it looks like with noparse brackets. For example, if I wanted to show someone how to make it. [noparse][Here’s](https://www.youtube.com/) a link to youtube.[/noparse] And if I wanted to show someone how I did _that_, I would do _this_ [noparse][noparse][Here’s](https://www.youtube.com/) a link to youtube.[/noparse][/noparse] \*Took me a bunch of previews to realize that that noparse was throwing all the rest of the coding off. All the other noparses were opening and closing at the wrong times. I’ve now wrapped it in noparse brackets. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/44 "2013-03-27T18:23:33Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [noparse][/noparse] > > Put [noparse] around something and the code shows up as text and stops acting like code. (I wrapped the quote above in noparse brackets). Thank you, **Joey P**. It is rather unhelpful to tell someone to learn how to use something without showing them an example. You helped me learn something and I appreciate it. And your edit helped me even further. It’s something that’s good to know how to use when helping other members with coding questions, too. So thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/45 "2013-03-27T18:33:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I blame my new meds(Zoloft)…unless it really _was_ funny, then I give full credit to my new meds(Zoloft). Well, I laughed, at least. Up the dosage. Stranger ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/46 "2013-03-27T18:33:48Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Well, I laughed, at least. Up the dosage. > > Stranger Up yours. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/47 "2013-03-27T18:35:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Up yours. Scotch. Make it a double; I’m starving. Stranger ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/48 "2013-03-27T18:51:22Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Scotch. Make it a double; I’m starving. I serve cask strength. Trust me-you’ll be seein’ double in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/49 "2013-03-27T19:27:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Is this better, **Shodan**?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16138218&posted=1#post16138218) [QUOTE=Shodan] **I am not asking if re-quoting long posts is against the rules, or against board etiquette.** [/quote] Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/50 "2013-03-27T19:45:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I serve cask strength. Trust me-you’ll be seein’ double in no time. That explains why the horizon is oscillating, but why are Seraphim flying around singing The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black”? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/51 "2013-03-27T20:12:22Z")
I used to take Zoloft. Scared yet? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/52 "2013-03-27T21:27:03Z")
And so, a second page (for many) was thus borne. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/53 "2013-03-27T21:46:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I would be glad to learn that if someone would show me what it is. Sorry, I thought it was obvious that “noparse” was the tag to use, just like “quote”. If you have any questions about formatting/coding, you can go to the bottom of the page, find the “Posting Rules” box at the bottom left, in the second pane is “BB code is **On** ”. That is a[link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode)to information on all the various codes and how they work. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/54 "2013-03-27T23:55:30Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Sorry, I thought it was obvious that “noparse” was the tag to use, just like “quote”. > > If you have any questions about formatting/coding, you can go to the bottom of the page, find the “Posting Rules” box at the bottom left, in the second pane is “BB code is **On** ”. That is a[link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode)to information on all the various codes and how they work. Thank you. I’ve been here for seven years and didn’t know that, so no, it wasn’t quite so obvious. Just as other members keep asking about the strikeover code. It’s there, but some people don’t know it unless you point it out. But thank you for returning to clarify your answer. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/55 "2013-03-28T00:21:30Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > Most of the poster in the aforementioned thread are deranged…go ahead try to nick pick them them! This amuses me. \*\*Nit \*\*pick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/56 "2013-03-28T00:39:25Z")
Extra strain on the servers? Good heavens, servers are made of sterner stuff than that. Unless you are measuring your life in microseconds a hundred, nay a thousand, posters could cite a huge screed and you would notice no difference in response time whatever. Scrolling time is another matter but I’d gladly spend a couple of extra seconds scrolling for the sake of a good joke. And **Czarcasm** ’s _was_ a good joke. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017/57 "2013-03-28T00:47:16Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > \*\*Nit \*\*pick. 😉 a nit pick nit pick! excellent! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-extremely-long-posts/654017.md?page=2)