> If I'm quoting something (another reason people often indent their comments) I will normally wrap the whole thing in * so that it is italicised. Personally I

> If I'm quoting something (another reason people often indent their comments) I will normally wrap the whole thing in * so that it is italicised. Personally I prefer putting a greater than sign in front of each paragraph I am quoting / quoting from. It’s what we do in e-mail and on most imageboards and in markdown. It’s easy to read and easy to understand that it’s a quote.