# Nowhere to reply to when thread gets redirected
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166 "2024-03-20T13:45:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/1 "2024-03-20T13:45:09Z")
User B commented on User A (me)'s post.
> [@Can't use the nearby pencil, must go way down to the bottom](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-use-the-nearby-pencil-must-go-way-down-to-the-bottom-merefield-changed-this/299887/2):
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> It’s deliberate, so higher Trust Levels can be given the separate authorisation to change title text (very useful and helpful delegation from Moderators) without having the rights to change the Post content. See demo above. The proximity of the title pencil is therefore deliberate too.
Now User A (me) wants to respond to that comment.
Alas, as the post has been redirected etc., User A no longer has a proper place to put a reply!
User B’s reply is still visible, and User A wants to reply to it but no longer can find a proper place. Any place that User A can think of to post a reply would now be too far off topic in the newly connected threads.
So, maybe when threads get redirected etc., the software should make sure there are still reply buttons that will direct to the official place one is supposed to reply to.
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### Author:  [@HamMan2118](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HamMan2118)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/2 "2024-03-20T14:13:00Z")
When looking at that, it seems the topic was closed as it was a duplicate of another one. Maybe you could try PMing User B with your reply?
Or, quote User B’s reply in the topic you were redirected to.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/3 "2024-03-20T14:13:48Z")
> [@HamMan2118](#):
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> Or, quote User B’s reply in the topic you were redirected to.
This would be the way. 👍
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### Author:  [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/4 "2024-03-20T14:28:49Z")
Yes. That’s what I want to do.
But how can I do it?
We normally quote people through the Reply button.
But with no Reply button, we must use our years of software engineering experience to “forge” the quote Markdown.
And then we add it to the bottom of whatever the new thread is, making it look like we simply pushed a Reply button… etc.?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/5 "2024-03-20T14:32:13Z")
Can you not highlight the text you want to quote, and press ‘quote’ or ‘copy quote’ in the hover menu that pops up?
Alternatively, you could copy the link of the post and onebox it in your reply.
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### Author:  [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/6 "2024-03-20T14:57:23Z")
OK, quoting worked. But then I see I’m about to “Create a new Topic”. That would get me in big trouble. As the moderators took all the trouble to redirect the discussion, and there I am wanting to split it off again.
As to oneboxing,
> [@Oneboxing Discourse links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-discourse-links/33136):
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> We’ve recently lost the ability to onebox links to other threads and posts within our installation. I can see this working on meta, so am assuming this isn’t a regression. Are there any gotchas/known issues that can lead to failures? Are there any other sites using Discourse+SSL+Cloudflare?
OK, one day I will research what that is all about.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nowhere-to-reply-to-when-thread-gets-redirected/300166/7 "2024-03-20T15:05:25Z")
> [@jidanni](#):
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> OK, quoting worked. But then I see I’m about to “Create a new Topic”. That would get me in big trouble. As the moderators took all the trouble to redirect the discussion, and there I am wanting to split it off again.
I find opening the reply composer in the topic I want to reply to and then navigating to the topic(s)/post(s) I wish to quote is a good flow.
Though the new ‘copy quote’ button allows you to copy the quote along with the correct quote formatting to paste it into your reply if you want to do it the opposite way round.
> [@jidanni](#):
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> OK, one day I will research what that is all about.
If you’re looking for beginner tips like oneboxing you can do the Discobot tutorial or possibly look at the [Discourse New User Guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-new-user-guide/96331)?