# Quotes from inside and outside the topic render differently
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [16.Май.2019 13:59:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921 "2019-05-16T13:59:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 13:59:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/1 "2019-05-16T13:59:26Z")
Running version: [v2.3.0.beta9 +423](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/compare/ea214b2b0c7aacc76cf8ade0d9efbfb5f45cca68...tests-passed)
On my site, a user has quoted another several times in one post, but the quoted user’s name only appears on the first quote, with the title of the quoted topic appearing in other instances:
```plaintext
[quote="DerbyChair2018, post:12, topic:10206"]
I take great exception to your comment that as a brewer, publican and branch chair I misunderstood that real ale comes in vessels other than cask
[/quote]
Curious.
[quote="DerbyChair2018, post:1, topic:10188"]
I am also asking these questions just pertaining to real ale, NOT kegged beers:
[/quote]
[quote="DerbyChair2018, post:15, topic:10188"]
On real ale, cask ale, kegged… You are the first person out of many to mention this. ...
So, I’m interested in why you pointed it out. Is this something you see as important to CAMRA and Campaigning?
[/quote]
[quote="DerbyChair2018, post:29, topic:10188"]
I think when someone says legged beer everyone thinks of beer that is gassed unnaturally.
[/quote]
I wonder how anyone could have come away with the impression that even though you are a brewer, publican and branch chair, you misunderstood that real ale comes in vessels other than cask?
```
This is rendering as follows:
This is confusing, as in this instance, it would appear that a user with username “Flavoured Beers” is the origin of the other quotes, not “DerbyChair2018”.
Is this expected behaviour?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 16:04:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/2 "2019-05-16T16:04:55Z")
Does Flavoured Beers participate in the topic? As your site is members-only I can’t look directly.
The post ID makes me wonder if an earlier post in the topic was removed.
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### Author:  [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 16:16:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/3 "2019-05-16T16:16:02Z")
> [@Stephen](#):
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> Does Flavoured Beers participate in the topic?
“Flavoured Beers” is the topic title of the quoted post.
_I think_ that’s the expected behavior for quotes from different topics, but it could be a regression. 🤷♂️ It certainly would be helpful if it also showed the username. The preview in the editor shows only the username.
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 16:23:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/4 "2019-05-16T16:23:38Z")
_Flavoured Beers_ is the topic title from where the last three quotes are taken, and is not a username.
All posts and topics quoted still exist, and I can’t see any deleted posts.
> [@gerhard](#):
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> The preview in the editor shows only the username.
I forgot to mention this! Yes, the editor preview shows the username, as I’d expect, but it is then rendered differently once posted.
I tried “Rebuild HTML”, but it made no difference.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 20:44:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/5 "2019-05-16T20:44:14Z")
Are there unique permissions on the topic through the category?
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [16.Май.2019 23:44:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/6 "2019-05-16T23:44:53Z")
No, the category that all these topics (and posts) were in had ‘everyone: create/reply/see’ permission.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [17.Май.2019 00:04:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/7 "2019-05-17T00:04:19Z")
Those quotes come from two different topic IDs, 10206 and 10188. Is the behavior related to when a quote crosses a topic boundary?
This topic
> [@Alexander\_Wright](#):
>
> On my site, a user has quoted another several times in one post, but the quoted user’s name only appears on the first quote, with the title of the quoted topic appearing in other instances:
> [@Alexander\_Wright](#):
>
> I forgot to mention this! Yes, the editor preview shows the username, as I’d expect, but it is then rendered differently once posted.
> [@Alexander\_Wright](#):
>
> No, the category that all these topics (and posts) were in had ‘everyone: create/reply/see’ permission.
A different topic:
> [@Advice needed for tailoring Discourse to my organisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/advice-needed-for-tailoring-discourse-to-my-organisation/72571/13):
>
> At the moment we have 220 branches. This figure is not likely to change more than 10 in either direction. We’re an established organisation. We have 17 regions. Again, this is not likely to change.
Yep, that’s what’s happening, I understand now - I don’t think I’ve seen the same user quoted side-by-side between topics like that. Is that a bug though? Arguably different quote styles between the two make sense. It’s actually useful to know that it’s being quoted from outside the topic. It would be really easy to abuse the context of posts if they were taken between topics with no indicator.
The preview is a problem for sure, if we’re being picky.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [17.Май.2019 01:32:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/8 "2019-05-17T01:32:49Z")
Yeah this is not a bug @Alexander_Wright. You should have specified that some of those quotes **were from the same topic.**
Behavior is as designed..
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [17.Май.2019 03:53:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/9 "2019-05-17T03:53:32Z")
What about the preview? It’s definitely inconsistent with what ends up being published. It shows the name of the individual being quoted, rather than the link to the quoted topic.
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### Author:  [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)
#### Post date: [17.Май.2019 07:59:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/10 "2019-05-17T07:59:46Z")
> [@Stephen](#):
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> It would be really easy to abuse the context of posts if they were taken between topics with no indicator.
This confusion did take place (though happily not deliberately).
Luckily, the excellent new ‘Staff Notices’ feature enabled me to add a notice to remove the confusion.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [13.Июль.2019 22:14:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-from-inside-and-outside-the-topic-render-differently/117921/11 "2019-07-13T22:14:17Z")