How to perform special actions, especially within a thread

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Here's a useful one which hardly anyone knows: [noparse]. What it does is tell the vBulletin software to ignore any tags between [noparse] and [/noparse].

For instance, you know how you get the emoticon with sunglasses (8))when you have a numeral 8 at the end of a parenthetical statement? Well, if you put [noparse] in front of it, it won't do that. Example:

"(I haven't voted since 1968)"

"(I haven't voted since 1968)"

Here's the text for the second version:

[noparse]"(I haven't voted since 1968)"[/noparse]

Obviously, it's also good for demonstrating how to use tags, which is its original purpose.