Quote Attribution Disputes

Commenters repeatedly question the source, accuracy, or existence of quoted text in posts and comments, leading to clarifications, apologies, and accusations of misquoting or disingenuous quoting.

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NB OP RMS i.e quote quoting quoted quotes statement article read book didn say book inspired

Sample Comments

CaptSpify Jan 19, 2017 View on HN

I'm not sure what you mean by quoting this?

junon May 11, 2022 View on HN

This is not a direct quote, please don't use blockquotes. It's disingenuous.

throwaway2048 Feb 10, 2017 View on HN

sorry for the quotes didn't intend to make it look like you said that.

gotofritz Nov 14, 2016 View on HN

If it's a quote it's passing me by, sorry :-(

s1artibartfast Jan 9, 2025 View on HN

what are you quoting? I dont see that in the article.

babygoat Aug 11, 2019 View on HN

Your quote appears nowhere in the article or comments.

jon-wood Sep 23, 2013 View on HN

Ahh, fair enough, I hadn't realised that was a direct quote.

corwinstephen Mar 6, 2013 View on HN

Ever been quoted before? ^^ Worth quoting.

jafoi Mar 7, 2022 View on HN

It's a quoted statement...

haakon Nov 6, 2011 View on HN

Sorry, but that was a confusing way to quote. :-)