# Weird: I lost CAPS when I quoted a post. This is to test. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 25, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842 "2015-01-25T12:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/1 "2015-01-25T12:06:42Z")
So, [here’s a Post in which I Quote **Really Not All That Bright**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18080144&postcount=30). After posting, I noticed that the capital letters had become lower case: The Post from which the Quote is lifted capitalizes “I” as well as “SDMB”, also the capital letters from **Really Not All That Bright** ’s name has been converted. I then edited the post to convert the lower case letters back to capital letters. Upon saving the edit, the capital letters were lost again. Anyone notice or able to explain this phenomenon? It doesn’t seem to happen with any of the other Quotes in that Thread. In this Thread HERE, I am goiNg to QUOTE this pHraSe to see if the CAPS get LosT. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/2 "2015-01-25T12:08:45Z")
And now for the test: > [@bienville](#): > > In this Thread HERE, I am goiNg to QUOTE this pHraSe to see if the CAPS get LosT. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/3 "2015-01-25T12:11:09Z")
… and in my test, the capital letters remain as they should be. So, the post in the other Thread was just a weird glitch? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/4 "2015-01-25T12:57:40Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > {…} anyone notice or able to explain this phenomenon? {…} no lower case letters gets interpreted as all caps and the software won’t let you post just all caps so everything reverts to lower case. one of the many reasons for this, cmc fnord! ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/5 "2015-01-25T13:58:41Z")
Yeah, but the quoted text in question contained plenty of lower case letters- in fact, it was _mostly_ lower case. Still, the capital letters got converted to lower case. And the altering of the capital letters in the user name? We do have users who have all caps usernames (I’m pretty sure) and when they show up in quote boxes, I’m sure I would have noticed it they had been converted to lower case. Either way, in the post linked to in the OP both the quoted username _and_ the quoted text contain mostly lower case letters. Still, the capital letters were converted to lower case. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/6 "2015-01-25T14:25:43Z")
OK, I’m trying it again and only some of your caps get converted to lower case . . . now I’m stumped too! This, > [@](#): > > Yeah, but the quoted text in question contained plenty of lower case letters- in fact, it was mostly lower case. Still, the capital letters got converted to lower case. > > And the altering of the capital letters in the user name? We do have users who have all caps usernames (I’m pretty sure) and when they show up in quote boxes, I’m sure I would have noticed it they had been converted to lower case. > > Either way, in the post linked to in the OP both the quoted username and the quoted text contain mostly lower case letters. Still, the capital letters were converted to lower case. became this, > [@](#): > > yeah, but the quoted text in question contained plenty of lower case letters- in fact, it was mostly lower case. Still, the capital letters got converted to lower case. > > And the altering of the capital letters in the user name? We do have users who have all caps usernames (i’m pretty sure) and when they show up in quote boxes, i’m sure i would have noticed it they had been converted to lower case. > > Either way, in the post linked to in the op both the quoted username and the quoted text contain mostly lower case letters. Still, the capital letters were converted to lower case. I need more coffee before my code-fu can properly kick in I guess! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/7 "2015-01-25T15:03:51Z")
ODD, I DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. ``` a ``` ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/8 "2015-01-25T17:01:40Z")
> [@your great darsh face](#): > > odd, i don’t seem to have any problems at all. > > ``` > a > > ``` me either ETA - I previewed the post - his was all caps - I typed my “me either” in all caps and submitted - had all lower case after. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/9 "2015-01-25T17:02:44Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > ODD, I DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. > > ``` > a > > ``` TEST ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/10 "2015-01-25T17:04:18Z")
> [@simster](#): > > test test test ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/11 "2015-01-25T17:05:18Z")
> [@simster](#): > > TEST TEST ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/12 "2015-01-25T17:06:18Z")
“test test” was posted after previeiwng. both single TEST were posted with ‘quick reply’ THIS IS AN EDITED POST - in any event - seems related to using the preview function. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/13 "2015-01-25T17:10:39Z")
The board software doesn’t allow a post in all caps-- If it sees one, it automatically converts it to all lower-case. It does not look inside quotes when it’s deciding if a post is all-caps, but it does reach inside quotes when it does the conversion to lower-case. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/14 "2015-01-25T22:37:41Z")
And yet . . . Some of the above posts ARE all in CAPS. And from some of the above posts, I get the impression that some of us are bewildered by that. How is it done? How is it done? Just another one of those ancient sacred cryptic secrets that you are only allowed to learn once you become a Level 15 Board Poster. ETA: In the nearby thread on how to make nested quotes, several posters divulged the secret in varying degrees of detail, risking unmentionable penalties by the gods and ogs and dogs of the SDMB. The secret of making posts in all caps, however, shall remain a mystery for the ages. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/15 "2015-01-25T22:49:09Z")
This is how you do it ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/16 "2015-01-26T07:54:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The board software doesn’t allow a post in all caps-- If it sees one, it automatically converts it to all lower-case. Yeah, but this is not what this Thread is about. I’m familiar with the “all caps gets converted to lowercase” feature. The post linked in the OP is the post that is causing my confusion. This is _not_ an all caps situation. Nevertheless, the caps still got converted. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/17 "2015-01-26T18:49:02Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Yeah, but this is not what this Thread is about. I’m familiar with the “all caps gets converted to lowercase” feature. > The post linked in the OP is the post that is causing my confusion. This is _not_ an all caps situation. Happened to me also over in GD. Cant replicate it. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/18 "2015-01-26T20:07:36Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > ODD, I DON’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. > > ``` > a > > ``` This has a hidden lower-case letter in it, so is not ALL CaPS from VB’s point of view. This is one way to do it, but why bother? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/19 "2015-01-26T20:34:34Z")
I KNOW OF OTHER WAYS TO DO IT, WITHOUT THE lNVISIBLE TEXT. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-i-lost-caps-when-i-quoted-a-post-this-is-to-test/710842/20 "2015-01-27T01:32:37Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I KNOW OF OTHER WAYS TO DO IT, WITHOUT THE lNVISIBLE TEXT. WHEN YOU FlND OUT HOW, COULD YOU LET ME KNOW?