# Things I don't know how to do \[related to vbulletin\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823 "2009-02-07T18:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823/21 "2009-02-08T22:06:25Z")

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Ouch. Yes, both methods make sense (thanks), but I was hoping for an easier way. IIRC, before the update, simply quoting a post got all the interior quotes to come along. Now it’s a matter of tracking down all the disparate quotes (which can be a PITA if the thread/quotes span multiple pages or if the interior quote is an already snipped version of the earlier post). It also risks timeouts and delays as you go from \> reference to \> reference, loading up each quote.

Not whining about the help, mind you – I tend to balance between not needing the interior quotes, C&P the entire original post into Word and entering names manually, and hunting down all the multi-quote segments, all depending on the thread and my point (when I have one). But a shift-click-quote or some other one-step/old way of doing things would have been nice.

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823/22 "2009-02-08T22:07:25Z")

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No it does not…

You need to get the post into a new tab or window… I right click…

Also the \< should be a \>.

…the bit after boohoo:

> [@boohoo](#):
>
> ..

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823/23 "2009-02-09T22:05:56Z")

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Let me check how \*\*SiXSwordS \*\*did that…

Interesting, without the color tag and the letter A around the smilie, the strikeout does not go across it.  
So not we can have:

Saturn:  
[del]A:)A[/del]

Why I hate Saturn:  
[del]A:mad:A[/del]

Neo deflecting bullet:  
[del]A:smack:[/del]

howdy y’all:  
[del]:DA[/del]

Pied Piper:  
[del]A:o[/del]

Confused priest:  
[del]A:confused:A[/del]

😃

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-dont-know-how-to-do-related-to-vbulletin/484823/24 "2009-02-09T22:29:00Z")

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You forgot:  
How’d I get my head stuck in this vice  
[del]{😕}[/del]

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