# Quoting question from newbie
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 13, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526 "2005-01-13T07:44:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@SallyCan\_tDance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyCan_tDance)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/1 "2005-01-13T07:44:46Z")
Okay, every time I quote someone upthread, it never says "originally posted by **whomever**. All it does is this:
> [@](#):
>
> blah blah blah
So how do I get attributed quotes? Forgive me if the answer’s obvious… 🙂
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/2 "2005-01-13T07:49:06Z")
> [@SallyCan'tDance](#):
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> So how do I get attributed quotes? Forgive me if the answer’s obvious… 🙂
See the box that says _reply_ in each, er, reply? Try hitting that.
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### Author:  [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/3 "2005-01-13T07:49:48Z")
> [@SallyCan'tDance](#):
>
> Okay, every time I quote someone upthread, it never says "originally posted by **whomever**. All it does is this:
>
> So how do I get attributed quotes? Forgive me if the answer’s obvious… 🙂
Theres a little button in the lower right hand corner of each post titled “Reply” that is actually a “reply with quote” button.
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/4 "2005-01-13T07:50:14Z")
It’s on the right hand side --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\>
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### Author:  [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/5 "2005-01-13T08:02:28Z")
Or if you want to do it manually, you can say
{quote=username} blah blah blah {/quote}
but replace the curly brackets with regular brackets, which looks like
> [@username](#):
>
> blah blah blah
Of course, if you do it manually, be absolutely sure to quote and attribute accurately.
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### Author:  [@SallyCan\_tDance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyCan_tDance)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/6 "2005-01-13T08:22:43Z")
> [@Garfield226](#):
>
> quote and attribute accurately.
Thanks everyone! See, I can process new information! I have opposable thumbs! :o
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/7 "2005-01-13T17:09:17Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Originally Posted by **SallyCan’tDance**
> Thanks everyone! See, I can process new information! I have opposable thumbs! :o
It’s kind of annoying how quotes are italicized, don’t you think?
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/8 "2005-01-13T17:36:59Z")
So how did you make an un-italicized quote?
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### Author:  [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/9 "2005-01-13T17:52:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by **ultrafilter**
> It’s kind of annoying how quotes are italicized, don’t you think?
He used the basic QUOTE tag, without the = username bit, and wrote the “Originally posted by **username** ” bit himself. Just like I did here with his quote. Unattributed quotes(those without the quote=username syntax) are not automatically italicized.
Enjoy,
Steven
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/10 "2005-01-13T22:21:57Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#):
>
> It’s kind of annoying how quotes are italicized, don’t you think?
No. I prefer it that way and am so used to it that when I quote from a website, I use the italics tag.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-question-from-newbie/284526/11 "2005-01-13T22:32:17Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Originally Posted by Pleonast
> So how did you make an un-italicized quote?
Manual coding. 😛