# Umm...weird coding problem in GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 9, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124 "2005-05-09T22:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/1 "2005-05-09T22:00:11Z")
Check out [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6140696). Am I the only one seeing the weird coding after **TremorViolet** ’s first post? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/2 "2005-05-09T22:01:20Z")
I thought maybe it was caused by no closing quote tag. [quote] Maybe like this. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/3 "2005-05-09T22:01:44Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > Check out [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6140696). Am I the only one seeing the weird coding after **TremorViolet** ’s first post? Oh, good, I thought it was just me. Really weird. (confession, I tried to fix my screwed up link and got the "no new posts within 60 seconds"warning and impatiently hit submit a few more times. So maybe that caused it.)) ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/4 "2005-05-09T22:16:05Z")
Man, I am _so_ not looking into that cage. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/5 "2005-05-09T22:42:28Z")
I think I’ve fixed it, and I’ll get the techies working on the cause… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/6 "2005-05-10T01:47:59Z")
So what exactly did you change? I didn’t see it screwed up, but I’m curious as to what the problem might have been. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-weird-coding-problem-in-gq/303124/7 "2005-05-10T11:22:21Z")
Apparently, leaving off a closing tag can cause confusion in the layout of later posts. I know nothing about this technical stuff, mind, but **TubaDiva** says it’s an eccentricity of vB that sometimes rears its annoying head. When you find it, report it to a Moderator (the little exclamation point in the upper right corner of each post) and they’ll fix the coding and then the lark and snail will be on the wing and thorn (respectively) again.