Quoting bug

As a datapoint, copying and pasting text from one of the comments into a reply, then selecting the text and clicking Quote has the same result. The pasted text is replaced by the first post in the thread. I was expecting the selected text to format as a quote, although not necessarily with the poster's name and date/timestamp.

ok, i have more info.  when clicking the reply button, the reply field opens directly beneath the post that will be quoted.  ie, if the reply window opens beneath the initial post and you click the quote icon, the initial post will be quoted.

if the reply window opens in the "correct" location (directly beneath the message to which one is replying), the quote will work "correctly" and quote the correct message.

bottomline 1: the reply window doesn't always open in the correct location.  this is a recent change that i've noticed for about 1 week.  because i almost never use the quote icon, i didn't think much of it.

bottomline 2: i think it's related to the thread.  ie, in some threads, the reply window opens in the correct location for all posts in that thread.  in other threads (eg, this one), the reply window opens beneath the initial post.  

! that's what I'm talking about

oh wait.  i completely misunderstood the issue you're seeing.

and i do see what you're seeing and it is a bug: when replying to any post in a thread, using the quote causes the initial post to be quoted, not the post to which you're replying

and there's more info to supply about this.  i'm trying to track the issue better because i (just like you mentioned) see the quote working on some threads, but not when i reply to any post in this thread.

I get this when I'm replying even here

i tested on 10 threads (including yours when i was crafting my first reponse).  it worked find on all 10.  that should occur less than 1/1000 for a 50-50 test.

now, for most of them, i clicked reply, clicked the quote icon, checked to see if everything was quoted and then i cancelled.  ie, for most, i did not click post and then inspect so i don't know if that makes a difference.  i did click post for a few of them and saw problem when doing that, but my test for that was not as thorough.

ok. testing... 

50/50

in some topics it works, in others doesn't

about how often do you see the problem when there are no replies?  (and just to be explicit no reply message are the only ones where you sometimes see a quote problem.)