# Markdown lists don't render correctly in quotes
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [3월 5, 2015, 4:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029 "2015-03-05T16:07:05Z")
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### Author:  [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [3월 5, 2015, 4:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029/1 "2015-03-05T16:07:06Z")
When quoting a list, it doesn’t render correctly in the quote. Here is a simple list:
- This
- is
- a
- list
It will be quoted in a reply to this post to demonstrate the formatting bug.
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### Author:  [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [3월 5, 2015, 4:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029/2 "2015-03-05T16:07:47Z")
> [@abarker](#):
>
> When quoting a list, it doesn’t render correctly in the quote. Here is a simple list:
>
> - This
> - is
> - a
> - list
>
> It will be quoted in a reply to this post to demonstrate the formatting bug.
As you can see, the list does not render as expected. The markdown is ignored in the quote.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [3월 5, 2015, 4:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-lists-dont-render-correctly-in-quotes/26029/3 "2015-03-05T16:08:46Z")
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This is a duplicate of
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-replies-dont-keep-original-formatting/655](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoted-replies-dont-keep-original-formatting/655)
**TLDR:** it’s a very complicated issue.