From 304f89c0cf2bac589e9f0a08134760bc14395c6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:17:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: if quoting self, dont add @, but keep the username

without it self quotes look like
"said:
<rest of quote>"
---
 public/src/client/topic/postTools.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js b/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
index c5016789cb..49a0e23be0 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/postTools.js
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ define('forum/topic/postTools', [
 			return slug;
 		}
 		const post = button.parents('[data-pid]');
-		if (post.length && !post.hasClass('self-post')) {
+		const isSelfPost = post.hasClass('self-post');
+		if (post.length) {
 			slug = slugify(post.attr('data-username'), true);
 			if (!slug) {
 				if (post.attr('data-uid') !== '0') {
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ define('forum/topic/postTools', [
 				}
 			}
 			if (slug && slug !== '[[global:former-user]]' && slug !== '[[global:guest]]') {
-				slug = '@' + slug;
+				slug = isSelfPost ? slug : `@${slug}`;
 			}
 		}