There is no correct way to quote. You can either use italics or quotes, but there is no markup that will trigger the blockquote HTML tag. There is a "help" li

There is no correct way to quote. You can either use italics or quotes, but there is no markup that will trigger the blockquote HTML tag. There is a "help" link next to the edit text box (but not the reply text box, for some reason): http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc