# Quoting doesn't transfer lists correctly
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** pr-welcome
**Created:** [September 17, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959 "2025-09-17T12:31:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959/1 "2025-09-17T12:31:47Z")
## ℹ Overview
We should ensure that lists are preserved in quotes so that they accurately represent the original content.
## ✅ Acceptance criteria
- When quoting an ordered list, the numbers are displayed accurately in the quote so they appear exactly as they did in the original post.
- When quoting lists with indentation, the numbers and bullets are displayed accurately in the quote so they appear with the same indentation that they had in the original post.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959/2 "2026-01-28T01:01:33Z")
I am playing with this, it is surprisingly fiddly cause there are so many edge cases
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959/3 "2026-01-28T06:03:24Z")
OK fixed per:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37337](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/37337)
But will take a while to merge, it is very complicated.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-doesnt-transfer-lists-correctly/382959/5 "2026-08-24T07:53:05Z")