# Sultantheme's quoting is italic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451 "2018-03-12T21:21:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451/1 "2018-03-12T21:21:46Z")

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Recently I wanted to stress a word in a post by italicizing it, and noticed in that thread that where posters were quoting others, the posts they were quoting were automatically italicized, so if someone were to stress a word or phrase by italicizing, that point could be lost.

However, if it’s a quote not specified to another poster, the quote doesn’t get italicized (except for the part the poster intended by using the correct code).

If you’re in Sultantheme’s now, here’s an example:

> [@If you get hit by malware on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-get-hit-by-malware-on-the-sdmb/606319/1):
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> His head hit the floor with a hearty _thwack_!

> [@](#):
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> His head hit the floor with a hearty _thwack_!

In both quotes above, I used quote tags only around “thwack”, but since the personalized quote automatically comes out italicized, the difference can’t be seen. Could it be fixed so that quotes aren’t automatically italicized in Sultantheme or is that a job for the folks at vBulletin? The lost emphasis could be interpreted as misquoting. 😃

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451/2 "2018-03-13T02:28:59Z")

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Issue was noted in [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20462543&postcount=19) by **cymk** in September '17:

> [@Major bugs in SDMB re-skin fixed. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663/19):
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> Also, I’d kill the way quoting something puts it in italics. That’s lame and might destroy the original formatting by the OP.

Although your post appears to provide more information.  
Still, it apparently hasn’t been fixed.

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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451/3 "2018-03-13T16:56:52Z")

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I’ve taken to underlining for emphasis rather than italicizing, for this reason.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451/4 "2018-03-14T06:33:38Z")

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Does bolding still work as expected? Let me check:  
Direct quote

> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> I’ve taken to **underlining** for emphasis rather than italicizing, for this reason.

Unattributed quote

> [@](#):
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> I’ve taken to **underlining** for emphasis rather than italicizing, for this reason.

That seems to work fine. Of course, it’s a problem if the quote used bold itself, but the same problem exists with any editorial emphases, including italics.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sultanthemes-quoting-is-italic/810451/5 "2018-03-14T15:20:57Z")

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I find the difference between “attributed” and “not attributed” fascinating. It’s probably a valuable clue to where the problem lies, and I hope the web techie fixing this issue gets this piece of information.