# Strikethrough. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899 "2009-10-23T20:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/1 "2009-10-23T20:12:00Z")
What’s the strikethrough code? I’ve tried using s, but it doesn’t seem to work. test. ETA: Nope, doesn’t work. I WANT TO STRIKE THINGS THROUGH. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/2 "2009-10-23T20:16:17Z")
The code is [del] and [/ del] ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/3 "2009-10-23T20:45:00Z")
Is there a reason this can’t be added along with the bold, italics and underline buttons? I went a bajillion years without knowing how to do this. I figured it out when someone put the [del][/ del] tag in a thread title, and of course, coding doesn’t work in thread titles, so I could see the tags. It then dawned on me. Aha! Is that the strikethrough code? I tried it, and success! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/4 "2009-10-23T21:21:48Z")
[del]Why didn’t someone tell me about this[/del] I mean, I knew it all along. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/5 "2009-10-23T22:40:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > [del]Why didn’t someone tell me about this[/del] I mean, I knew it all along. [del]You’re not part of the Cool Kids[/del] We sent you the detailed and informative Strikethrough Memo, didn’t you get it? I’m sorry you didn’t get it [del]sucker[/del] buddy. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/6 "2009-10-23T22:52:26Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Is there a reason this can’t be added along with the bold, italics and underline buttons? How often have you wanted to use it? I use it very rarely, always in something like this: London is so much safer now that they have [del]telescreens[/del]security cameras everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/7 "2009-10-23T23:01:02Z")
That makes you wonder if the usage would go up if there were a small button subliminally calling for you to use it. I can safely assume my own strikethrough usage would go up if it had its own button next to BIU. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/8 "2009-10-23T23:59:44Z")
If you ever want to know any forum coding go to the bottom of any page on the forum and look for the box that enumerates what’s turned on and off in the left-hand corner. Click on the link in “BB Code is **On** ” and it will take you to a list of all BB Code commands activated on the forum, what they do, and how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/9 "2009-10-24T00:46:05Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > How often have you wanted to use it? I use it very rarely, always in something like this: London is so much safer now that they have [del]telescreens[/del]security cameras everywhere. I want to use it all the time. I googled how to do it, but the suggestions I found (s) didn’t work. [del]You’ll see how much now that I know how.[/del] Thanks, guys! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/10 "2009-10-24T01:57:12Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If you ever want to know any forum coding go to the bottom of any page on the forum and look for the box that enumerates what’s turned on and off in the left-hand corner. Click on the link in “BB Code is **On** ” and it will take you to a list of all BB Code commands activated on the forum, what they do, and how to use them. Even quicker- if you want to use a VBcode that someone used in their post, just hit the “Quote” button to reply to their post. The VB coding becomes visible in the reply box and all secrets are revealed! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/11 "2009-10-24T03:25:31Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If you ever want to know any forum coding go to the bottom of any page on the forum and look for the box that enumerates what’s turned on and off in the left-hand corner. Click on the link in “BB Code is **On** ” and it will take you to a list of all BB Code commands activated on the forum, what they do, and how to use them. You’ll notice that there are two tags on the page that don’t work correctly. The [img] tag has been specifically disabled. The [symbol] tag doesn’t work in standard compliant browsers (i.e. anything other than Internet Explorer) because it uses the face attribute of the \ tag, which does not exist in XHTML 1.0. (Apparently, declaring it transitional does not fix that.) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/12 "2009-10-24T13:41:03Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If you ever want to know any forum coding go to the bottom of any page on the forum and look for the box that enumerates what’s turned on and off in the left-hand corner. Click on the link in “BB Code is **On** ” and it will take you to a list of all BB Code commands activated on the forum, what they do, and how to use them. _ **This is regarding a single item of coding:** _ I have found that the simplest way is to start replying to a post in which you see what you want to do. (This, of couse, is the reply with quote option, not the “Post reply” option at the bottom of a thread.) You don’t have to actually reply to it, that is, you don’t have to submit, preview or even add your input after the quote. You will have in front of you the tag the quoted person used. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/13 "2009-10-24T15:59:43Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > How often have you wanted to use it? [del]Every waking moment.[/del] Not too often, but there have been times in the past when I wanted to, but didn’t know how. Plus I’ve seen two ATMB threads about this recently, so this combined with my own desire to know how to do it for eons, I figured a lot of people might appreciate it. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/14 "2009-10-24T17:20:15Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Even quicker- if you want to use a VBcode that someone used in their post, just hit the “Quote” button to reply to their post. The VB coding becomes visible in the reply box and all secrets are revealed! > [@True Blue Jack](#): > > _ **This is regarding a single item of coding:** _ > > I have found that the simplest way is to start replying to a post in which you see what you want to do. (This, of couse, is the reply with quote option, not the “Post reply” option at the bottom of a thread.) You don’t have to actually reply to it, that is, you don’t have to submit, preview or even add your input after the quote. > > You will have in front of you the tag the quoted person used. 🆒 What a great idea! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/15 "2009-10-24T20:49:17Z")
Think of how much terser ones posts can be: “My aunt A[del]le[/del] went to the [del]icatessen[/del] to buy a [del]icious[/del] [del]stru[/del]. She met her old friend [del]ilah[/del] who had worked as a [del]mod[/del] but ended up running a bor[del]lo[/del]. She was also a professional yo[del]ler[/del] and wore a psyche[del]ic[/del] dress on stage.” ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/16 "2009-10-24T22:35:01Z")
Thanks for starting this thread. I’ve always wanted to know but I was [del] too lazy to start one[/del] embarrassed to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/17 "2009-10-24T23:05:15Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > What a great idea! 😃 :o I suppose an even better one would be reading previous posts more carefully. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/18 "2012-01-28T12:05:34Z")
Can this information be added to[the appropriate spot in the FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698936#post7698936) please? It took be ages to find out how to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/19 "2012-01-28T13:00:12Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > It took **be** ages to find out how to do this. It took [del]be[/del] me ages to find out how to do this. There, [del]showed ya how smart I am[/del] fixed it for you. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/20 "2012-01-28T13:11:46Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > How often have you wanted to use it? I use it very rarely Funnily enough I wanted to use it yesterday on SDMB for the first time ever…but since I didn’t get the memo…(sigh). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899.md?page=2)