# Quotations don’t count toward the post minimum character limit, but should

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotations-don-t-count-toward-the-post-minimum-character-limit-but-should/286210
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotations-don-t-count-toward-the-post-minimum-character-limit-but-should/286210 "2023-11-21T14:30:43Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotations-don-t-count-toward-the-post-minimum-character-limit-but-should/286210/6 "2023-11-21T15:21:06Z")

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I much prefer some extra context rather than just dropping a quote in. It is still possible to do if you onebox a post, so I’d actually go the other way and tighten that up if I could. 🔧 🙂

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