# It is not possible to quote closed topics \[Solved\]
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402 "2020-10-16T20:51:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/1 "2020-10-16T20:51:54Z")
Pardon if there is still an open topic, been searching and the “your topic is similar to” also suggests closed topics.
I would quote from pinned closed topic that refers to the rules but i can’t do that anymore without actually having to edit in the topic id and user name into the quote syntax myself in the composer.
```plaintext
[quote="name, post:1, topic:1234567890"]
[/quote]
```
It started happening on the update when the font changed and the quote button was made smaller
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/2 "2020-11-10T00:58:08Z")
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/3 "2020-11-10T00:58:42Z")
> [@incapaz](#):
>
> refers to the rules but i can’t do that anymore without actually having to edit in the topic id and user name into the q
This is working now … I just closed this topic and I can quote it fine.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/4 "2020-11-10T01:00:22Z")
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/5 "2020-11-10T01:01:05Z")
oh I see non admins are not allowed to quote closed posts.
@pmusaraj this may be related to share dialog changes back when, do you know if this is on purpose?
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### Author:  [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/6 "2020-11-10T01:54:33Z")
It’s currently possible to quote a closed topic but only if you have the composer open ready to reply to an open topic.
Example from try:
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### Author:  [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/7 "2020-11-10T07:36:17Z")
It didn’t work before, but now it does.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/8 "2020-11-24T00:09:00Z")
I’m quite late on this @sam, apologies.
It looks like historically we have had the behaviour described by Justin above, i.e. a non-admin user can only quote a closed topic if they have an open composer. IMO we should simplify this and display the Quote button on closed topics without the “composer must be open” requirement (and when invoked, the composer would default to creating a linked topic).
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### Author:  [@jimkleiber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jimkleiber)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/10 "2022-06-13T02:30:59Z")
I really like this suggestion to allow quoting on closed topics that, if the composer is not open, would create a linked topic.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/11 "2022-06-15T07:27:43Z")
> [@pmusaraj](#):
>
> IMO we should simplify this and display the Quote button on closed topics without the “composer must be open” requirement (and when invoked, the composer would default to creating a linked topic).
Sounds good to me… @codinghorror any objections?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/12 "2022-06-15T18:37:58Z")
Fine by me, feel free to proceed!
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/13 "2022-08-01T17:30:23Z")
This is now fixed via:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/17645](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/17645)
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### Author:  [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-is-not-possible-to-quote-closed-topics-solved/167402/14 "2022-08-02T12:00:34Z")
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