# Strike throughs? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 6, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047 "2014-03-06T20:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/1 "2014-03-06T20:36:25Z")
How do I do a strikethrough on this message board? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/2 "2014-03-06T20:37:40Z")
[noparse][del]Like this.[/del][/noparse] ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/3 "2014-03-07T01:17:23Z")
Test: I [del]don’t[/del] think that will work. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/4 "2014-03-07T01:18:52Z")
[del]Argh, that’s not in the default vBulletin set. I’ll see if I can get Jerry to put it back. This is why we don’t have hacks and custom stuff because when you have an upgrade you lose it.[/del] ☹ ETA: Actually it is in the default set. [del] [/del] ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/5 "2014-03-07T01:25:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Argh, that’s not in the default vBulletin set. > > I’ll see if I can get Jerry to put it back. This is why we don’t have hacks and custom stuff because when you have an upgrade you lose it. > > ☹ It looks like it worked fine in [del]post #2[/del] post #3. (If “post #2” isn’t in strikeout font, something’s wrong with your display, not the coding.) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/6 "2014-03-07T01:28:49Z")
Ignore my post above except to show you that it works. openbracket del closebracket turns it on openbracket /del closebracket turns it off ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/7 "2014-03-07T01:29:29Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/8 "2014-03-07T21:59:25Z")
Thanks. I didn’t connect DEL with strikethrough. [del]test[/del] Another test [deg] ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/9 "2014-03-07T22:00:34Z")
yet one more test [symbol]degree[/symbol] ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/10 "2014-03-07T22:03:52Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Ignore my post above except to show you that it works. > > openbracket del closebracket turns it on > > openbracket /del closebracket turns it off This is an example of the perfect time to use noparse tags. [noparse][del]text[/del][/noparse] ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/11 "2014-03-08T01:00:53Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > How do I do a strikethrough on this message board? If you ever want to see how some coding is done, just find an example and use the quote function on it. The coding shows up explicitly in the quote. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/12 "2014-03-08T01:19:46Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > yet one more test [symbol]degree[/symbol] FYI, don’t trust that. The symbol font doesn’t work on most web browsers, but it might work on your copy of Internet Explorer. If you want to use the symbols used in the symbol font, use the [Unicode alternative](http://www.alanwood.net/demos/symbol.html) (copy the symbol from the right side). And, even then, try to make it understandable without the symbols, as they may not display properly on some phones. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/13 "2014-03-08T02:24:42Z")
[blink]Ha haaaa![/blink] Oh. Damn. What’s the web coming to, anyways? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/14 "2014-03-08T03:53:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > FYI, don’t trust that. The symbol font doesn’t work on most web browsers, but it might work on your copy of Internet Explorer. > > If you want to use the symbols used in the symbol font, use the [Unicode alternative](http://www.alanwood.net/demos/symbol.html) (copy the symbol from the right side). And, even then, try to make it understandable without the symbols, as they may not display properly on some phones. Thanks. I guess for the symbol I was trying, it’d be easier just to fire up the character map and c&p it from there. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strike-throughs/683047/15 "2014-03-08T04:38:39Z")
[del] does it work[/del]