# You can multi-quote across threads! Did you know this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428 "2009-12-08T09:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/1 "2009-12-08T09:41:42Z")
I did not know this, but in trying to investigate **Stink Fish Pot** ’s issue, I discovered it. Did you know this? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/2 "2009-12-08T09:50:11Z")
Like see? From different threads in different forums. All at once! > [@Kudos for Gfactor regarding Carol Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kudos-for-gfactor-regarding-carol-stream/519328/106): > > Some grammar nazis may hate it, but there’s nothing wrong with ‘they’ if you don’t want to use he/she. > [@Why can't I multi-quote in a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-multi-quote-in-a-post/520425/1): > > For some reason, I can’t seem to quote a post that has multiple quotes in it. It’s important to capture each thought for a proper flow of the conversation. > [@Is that how it's spelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-how-its-spelled/520426/2): > > Usually, just about any word adopted from another language would have this characteristic. > [@Are children still being taught to tie shoes and tell time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-children-still-being-taught-to-tie-shoes-and-tell-time/520372/8): > > Mine is. > [@Yet Another Sarcastic Answers to Thread Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-sarcastic-answers-to-thread-titles/520045/10): > > **Afghanistan explained, in one simple slide** > [[achmed the dead terrorist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go)]That’s because when he started to make the second slide, I kiiiiiiiiiiiilled hiim. Shut up, I kiiiiiilllllll you.[/achmed] ETA: posts selected at random. Except the last one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/3 "2009-12-08T10:09:29Z")
_Golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/4 "2009-12-08T20:05:27Z")
I see this as potentially becoming an issue for moderators, but then again, maybe not. Or it could bring some fun: a new “guess the forum where this post was found” game for our Games Forum. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/5 "2009-12-08T20:09:01Z")
ajb867, I think that what will happen you is one of those slow claps that start withs a single person, then gradually more and more people join in, until finally everyone is on their feet applauding enthusiastically. Allow me to start: clap… clap… clap… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/6 "2009-12-08T20:22:50Z")
I discovered this accidentally a while ago when I multi-quoted something in one thread and then found the quotes following me around everywhere (until it finally stopped as mysteriously as it started). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/7 "2009-12-08T20:37:30Z")
Other: I did know this, I do not think it is cool (well, maybe a little), and I thought everyone knew. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/8 "2009-12-08T21:31:25Z")
How do you do this? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/9 "2009-12-08T21:37:37Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > How do you do this? Just click the multi-quote button (that thing to the right of the quote button with the double-quote marks) for any post you eventually want to have in your reply. It will save them up until you hit reply or quote and then put them all in there for you, automatically. It’s neat. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/10 "2009-12-08T21:38:57Z")
Go to any other thread, click the multi-quote button on any post, come back to this thread and post a reply (not quick-reply). Below the text box should read “You have selected 1 post that is not part of this thread. Quote this post as well, or deselect this post.” You should be able to figure out what to do from there. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/11 "2009-12-09T09:20:09Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I see this as potentially becoming an issue for moderators, but then again, maybe not. Or it could bring some fun: a new “guess the forum where this post was found” game for our Games Forum. Each quote has a small \> image after the poster name, which is actually the anchor to the post. So, basically, if you click on the \> it will take you directly to the quoted post. This defeats your game, unless the anchor is manually deleted from the quote tag. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/12 "2009-12-10T03:34:28Z")
I’m surprised that this was a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/13 "2009-12-10T12:39:42Z")
Until recently I didn’t even know how to multi-quote. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-multi-quote-across-threads-did-you-know-this/520428/14 "2009-12-10T19:29:24Z")
I learned how to do this accidentally the day before this thread got started. I had several posts selected to quote and respond to, then thought better of it and closed the thread. Then I attempted to quote someone else in a whole new thread and it gave me a small warning at the bottom of the post composition section saying “You have selected quotes that are not related to this thread. Still quote them” and I said hell naw.