# Quotes that start new topic do not work

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-that-start-new-topic-do-not-work/58845
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-that-start-new-topic-do-not-work/58845 "2017-03-10T19:34:44Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quotes-that-start-new-topic-do-not-work/58845/2 "2017-03-10T19:39:21Z")

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This feels related to

> [@Quote button on closed topics still does not behave as expected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-button-on-closed-topics-still-does-not-behave-as-expected/57840):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Quote post from closed topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-post-from-closed-topic/26480/11): I was trying to reply using selecting text and pressing the quote button, but the selected text was not appearing in the editor. Turns out the topic was closed and I was creating a new topic. I found a few other threads about this and they all suggest that everything is working as expected now, but I am still puzzled why I get a quote button that does not actually quote the selected text…

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