# 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")\
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**Author:** ![incapaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/incapaz/32/175057_2.png) [@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")

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Pardon if there is still an open topic, been searching and the “your topic is similar to” also suggests closed topics.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/2/b25689c34722e69c647d08ec0883bcaa8d6f24b0.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/1/810f284b8139110a2992553e9b0012e7f7b5113a.png)

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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