# Weird coding error in BBQ Pit

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**Created:** [November 22, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coding-error-in-bbq-pit/276084 "2004-11-22T09:51:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coding-error-in-bbq-pit/276084/1 "2004-11-22T09:51:03Z")

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I was reading [French troops make the “Fallujah Marine” incident look like a mercy killing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5524606) and something strange happens at post #24. All the regualr text is bolded, but all the quoted text looks fine. Hopefully it’s just a random quirk.

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coding-error-in-bbq-pit/276084/2 "2004-11-22T10:20:30Z")

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> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#):
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> It happens when you improperly nest bold tags\*\*

See?

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coding-error-in-bbq-pit/276084/3 "2004-11-22T10:26:56Z")

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It can be remedied by a moderator properly nesting the ‘B’ tags within or outside of the quote tags.

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**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:** [November 22, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-coding-error-in-bbq-pit/276084/4 "2004-11-22T12:50:04Z")

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OK, I’ve fixed it. I’m leaving this thread wonky, and closing the thread, so that the point is made and demonstrated.

Here’s the thing: the easiest and fastest way to get attention is via a “REPORT THIS POST” (the little exclamation point [!] in the upper right of every post except your own posts.) That will be sure to get Moderator attention as soon as a Moderator signs on to read mail. A post like this one only gets attention AFTER we’ve read mail, and IF – that’s a big IF – we happen to read the thread.

So, again, the fastest and best way to assure getting moderator attention is by REPORT THIS POST.