# System removing quotes and therefore context **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774 "2022-06-05T15:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/1 "2022-06-05T15:36:33Z")
This autoedit: > [![](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/system/75/1_2.png) system ](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/system)just now — Automatically removed quote of whole previous post. is a PITA; I had to go back in and edit the comment to include the context. I guess I could start a reply by manually typing in a paraphrase of the previous post. I don’t know if this is recent but I’ve read several comments recently that were replies yet I was unable to work out what the reply was to (including what I think might have been a reply to me.) ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/2 "2022-06-05T16:59:55Z")
When you click reply on a specific post, a link to that post will appear in the upper right corner of your reply (unless it’s the post directly above your reply?) and the original post will get a link to yours at the bottom. That way you can track who replied to whom. I suspect that may be why Discourse edits out quotes of whole posts. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/3 "2022-06-05T17:05:20Z")
This is just a spacer ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/4 "2022-06-05T17:05:46Z")
Testing @Boerenkool’s observation. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/5 "2022-06-05T17:06:34Z")
> [@Boerenkool](#): > > unless it’s the post directly above your reply? Yes. That’s the problem. Counter-intuitive to remove BOTH the post and the “reply to” link from the new post! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/6 "2022-06-05T17:07:32Z")
> [@jbowler](#): > > is a PITA; I had to go back in and edit the comment to include the context. I’m not sure if this is what you are commenting on, but if you quote an **entire** post, it gets deleted. You gotta trim off a period or add a double space somewhere in the post to prevent it from being deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/7 "2022-06-05T17:08:55Z")
> [@jbowler](#): > > This is just a spacer Test ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/8 "2022-06-05T17:09:55Z")
That’s weird. It did not delete it. Maybe it only deletes it on TuD. I thought it did that here too. Nevermind! ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/9 "2022-06-05T17:12:20Z")
It only deletes it if the reply immediately follows the post, as in this case (I quoted your whole post; I will see an auto-edit on my reply). It also doesn’t include the link to the original at the top right and that is the real problem. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/10 "2022-06-05T17:14:29Z")
> [@jbowler](#): > > It only deletes it if the reply immediately follows the post, as in this case (I quoted your whole post; I will see an auto-edit on my reply). It also doesn’t include the link to the original at the top right and that is the real problem Okay, so I was right about it. Good. So the trick is to just remove the last period like I did in yours above. ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/11 "2022-06-05T20:27:48Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > > [@jbowler](#): > > > > and that is the real problem > > Okay, so I was right about it. Good. Double quote test! ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/13 "2022-06-05T20:40:43Z")
Discourse adds a ‘reply to’ link on the top line if there is no quote with the link, but then it doesn’t do this if the reply is to the last comment. The latter is a bug. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/system-removing-quotes-and-therefore-context/12774/14 "2022-06-06T05:08:01Z")
So here is a classic example of why this is a bug, this comment: > [@User reviews of OmniPod DASH](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/user-reviews-of-omnipod-dash/7857/45): > > Sounds like a showstopper for you then. smiley The _only_ reason I could work out that it was not a response to my immediately preceding comment was that it had a link in the upper right to the comment that preceded that; this is obfuscated to the point of total obscurity.