# test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 27, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721 "2009-12-27T18:20:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/1 "2009-12-27T18:20:20Z")

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[noparse][Test.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601)[/noparse]

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**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/2 "2009-12-27T23:07:47Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Hmm I don’t see this turning out to well.

Off to the pit!

😉

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/3 "2009-12-28T21:56:21Z")

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Is this some type of meta joke that I’m not getting? Why would a mod test post a vB link and then screw up the coding?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/4 "2009-12-28T22:26:34Z")

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I think she was testing the [noparse][noparse][/noparse] tag.

[noparse] [/noparse] where any tags in between get displayed as text instead of parsed.

e.g. [noparse] **this should normally be bold** because the tags are correctly used, but since they are inside a [noparse] tag they will be ignored.[/noparse]

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/5 "2009-12-28T22:28:38Z")

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And **xash** wins the thread!

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/6 "2009-12-28T23:04:33Z")

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Huh. I never realized there even was a noparse tag.

[noparse]test[/noparse]

hey, look at that.

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**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:** [December 29, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/522721/7 "2009-12-29T01:56:29Z")

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> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#):
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> Huh. I never realized there even was a noparse tag.
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> [noparse]test[/noparse]
> 
> hey, look at that.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode)

It’s at the bottom of every vBulletin page. It would be nice if they told you it was key, though.