# test thread \[del\]test\[/del\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 9, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754 "2014-12-09T12:57:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/1 "2014-12-09T12:57:21Z")

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did it work?

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/2 "2014-12-09T12:58:23Z")

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of course not

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/3 "2014-12-09T14:15:26Z")

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I don’t think tags work in titles.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/4 "2014-12-09T14:19:56Z")

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[del]here Ya go[/del]

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/5 "2014-12-09T14:46:38Z")

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[del] tries the same [/del]

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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:** [December 9, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/6 "2014-12-09T14:56:15Z")

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> [@Vita\_Beata](#):
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> [del] tries the same [/del]

So **THAT’S** the [del]“strikethrough”[/del] “del” tag. I can’t count the number of times googling “vbulletin bbcode strikethrough” completely failed to return the “del” tag.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/7 "2014-12-09T16:23:05Z")

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> [@JeffB](#):
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> I don’t think tags work in titles.

Nope, they don’t. That goes for other tags like bolding, super and sub script, etc. as well.

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**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:** [December 9, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/8 "2014-12-09T17:27:28Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> Nope, they don’t. That goes for other tags like bolding, super and sub script, etc. as well.

Humph! We demand the right to have garishly formatted subject lines… _with blinking!_

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/9 "2014-12-09T17:31:04Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Humph! We demand the right to have garishly formatted subject lines… _with blinking!_

The Straight Dope, inducing seizures since 1973.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/10 "2014-12-10T12:36:08Z")

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> [@JeffB](#):
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> I don’t think tags work in titles.

Nope. Wasn’t sure, was quicker to test than to ask.

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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:** [December 10, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-del-test-del/706754/11 "2014-12-10T16:23:27Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Humph! We demand the right to have garishly formatted subject lines… _with blinking!_

Madness! That way lies “grapist headlines!” TURN BACK BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!