# Cita transdiscursiva

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-discourse-quoting/106951>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [19 Enero, 2019 00:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-discourse-quoting/106951 "2019-01-19T00:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![FoohonPie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/foohonpie/32/119648_2.png) [@FoohonPie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FoohonPie)\
**Post date:** [19 Enero, 2019 02:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cross-discourse-quoting/106951/3 "2019-01-19T02:16:59Z")

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Yes that works, but that’s not what I’m describing. That’s a link to the _entire_ post, I’m wondering about the possibility of linking to a quote:

> [@FoohonPie](#):
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> I _could_ link to the post directly, which works nicely with the onebox, but I really just want to call out the relevant piece.

The idea is to load a quote like the one above, so that readers can see a specific part of an external post instead of a link to the full thing, but also with a link back to the source.

It would be quicker than onebox to get specific info to readers, while still letting them get all the context if they want it.

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edit: update with example from the link you posted

> If you’ve configured Certbot to use a directory other than /etc/letsencrypt, you should use that directory in the commands instead.

The reference post in its entirety would be too much info if I just wanted to quote the piece above, and would cause more friction for the user than is ideal. Focusing on the quote instead is more useful, but now it is somewhat orphaned. Quoting parts of posts between instances would be the best of both features.

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