# Why doesn't the \[img\]\[/img\] tag work properly?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-img-img-tag-work-properly/134938>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 2, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-img-img-tag-work-properly/134938 "2002-11-02T02:01:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-img-img-tag-work-properly/134938/1 "2002-11-02T02:01:46Z")

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In the vbscript help it shows the

[/img] tag producing an image. but when I do it it just produces a link.

[IMG][http://boards.straightdope.com/pics/tsdbanner.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/pics/tsdbanner.gif)

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-img-img-tag-work-properly/134938/2 "2002-11-02T02:03:43Z")

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oh.  
I found the answer.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-the-img-img-tag-work-properly/134938/3 "2002-11-02T03:17:20Z")

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😃