# Strikethroughs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 18, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347 "2008-11-18T20:40:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347/1 "2008-11-18T20:40:50Z")

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How are people doing those? I haven’t figured it out and it is driving me crazy!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347/2 "2008-11-18T20:51:38Z")

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The del tag. For instance,  
[noparse][del]this[/del][/noparse]  
produces  
[del]this[/del]

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347/3 "2008-11-18T20:55:33Z")

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Oh thanks. [del]test[/del]

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethroughs/473347/4 "2008-11-18T20:59:34Z")

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Most of the time, if you want to know how someone achieved a certain effect, just click the Quote button for that post, and their coding will be revealed in all its glory.