# Testing \<i\>italics\</i\> in thread titles.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-i-italics-i-in-thread-titles/179383>\
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**Created:** [June 3, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-i-italics-i-in-thread-titles/179383 "2003-06-03T15:32:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-i-italics-i-in-thread-titles/179383/1 "2003-06-03T15:32:40Z")

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Someone tried this with and it didn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-i-italics-i-in-thread-titles/179383/2 "2003-06-03T17:13:20Z")

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No code works in thread titles. HTML doesn’t work anywhere.