Re: Quote another post

I don't believe there's a formal way to do so. I do it like this:

<blockquote>"How do I quote a post when replying to it?"</blockquote>
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That is to say, I put an opening <blockquote>, a double-quote character, a copy/paste of the text I want to quote, a closing double-quote char, then a closing </blockquote> tag. It renders like this:

"How do I quote a post when replying to it?"

...and now you can respond to the quote.

You can also use bold, italic etc tags to make it stand out more:

"How do I quote a post when replying to it?"

"How do I quote a post when replying to it?"

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Re^2: Quote another post by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jul 23, 2019 at 23:22 UTC
I use your second variation, except without the double-quotes: How do I quote a post when replying to it? I agree that there doesn't seem to be a standard convention for this; just some way to set the text apart. (Standards are important; everyone should have one.) Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Quote another post by dsheroh (Monsignor) on Jul 24, 2019 at 07:10 UTC
This approach (blockquote/italics, no quotes) sticks in my head as the most common way that quoting tends to be done around here... but it also just happens to be the method I use, so that may skew my perception.	[reply]
Re^2: Quote another post by talexb (Chancellor) on Jul 24, 2019 at 15:01 UTC
My standard reply has this at the top: `<ul><i> </i></ul> <p> </p>` [download] This lets me quote something from the post I'm replying to (so it's italicized and indented)‚ followed by my own response after that. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Quote another post by daxim (Curate) on Jul 24, 2019 at 07:44 UTC
a double-quote character The q element exists.	[reply]
Re^3: Quote another post by pryrt (Abbot) on Jul 24, 2019 at 13:11 UTC
<q>The q element exists.</q> ... but is not in Perl Monks Approved HTML tags, so renders as above.	[reply]


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