# Quote with links drops the link
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-with-links-drops-the-link/66178
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [2017年七月14日 06:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-with-links-drops-the-link/66178 "2017-07-14T06:08:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [2017年七月14日 06:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-with-links-drops-the-link/66178/1 "2017-07-14T06:08:19Z")
Just noticed this one. Quoting a section of a post with a link in it drops the link.
Example:
> [@Are forums limited to gamers and tech communities?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-forums-limited-to-gamers-and-tech-communities/65829/30):
>
> I’m not sure I follow you. The distinction between an onsite and an offsite resource isn’t cultural. You can configure Discourse to open external links in a new tab, but some users will find that annoying. A popup warning the user that they are about to go offsite (regardless of if via a new tab or replacing the current) would annoy most users. In your own post above you link to an offsite resource (Telescope). It’s highlighted in blue, has an indication of how many people have followed it fro…
My second quote should have preserved the link to [Telescope.org](http://Telescope.org)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年七月14日 07:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-with-links-drops-the-link/66178/2 "2017-07-14T07:55:45Z")
Not a bug, this is how quoting has always worked.. since 2013 … try it with bold and italic as well.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年七月14日 07:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-with-links-drops-the-link/66178/3 "2017-07-14T07:55:54Z")