# Quoting Onebox in Reply expands poorly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-onebox-in-reply-expands-poorly/64603>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 16, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-onebox-in-reply-expands-poorly/64603 "2017-06-16T07:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-onebox-in-reply-expands-poorly/64603/3 "2017-06-16T13:25:35Z")

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Agreed. Supporting these types of edge cases is not feasible I’m afraid. The recommended practice for users is to apply minor edits to the quoted text for easier communication, e.g. by starting the quote off with a (…) to signify that it’s en excerpt of a larger paragraph.

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