# Replace the text of the citation function with quotation marks

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-the-text-of-the-citation-function-with-quotation-marks/233145>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [July 18, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-the-text-of-the-citation-function-with-quotation-marks/233145 "2022-07-18T06:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-the-text-of-the-citation-function-with-quotation-marks/233145/2 "2022-07-18T07:18:41Z")

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Hello,

If I understand it correctly you want to post an empty quote?

That is possible but you have to write something outside [quote] in the post to not be empty.

```plaintext
[quote="Juraj Štefánik, post:1, topic:233145, username:Juraj_Štefánik"]

[/quote]

```

> [@Juraj\_Štefánik](#):
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