From 9c5737a2c8aeaa7f5e904d890affca73f38b40a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russell Ballestrini <russell@unturf.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 08:08:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix html2md: preserve Discourse quote blocks (aside.quote)

---
 html2md.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/html2md.py b/html2md.py
index 9cd7991..b81dbdd 100644
--- a/html2md.py
+++ b/html2md.py
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ class SmartMarkdownConverter:
             tag.decompose()
 
         # Remove common navigation/chrome elements - single combined selector
+        # Note: aside:not(.quote) preserves Discourse quote blocks
         noise_selector = ', '.join([
-            'nav', 'header', 'footer', 'aside',
+            'nav', 'header', 'footer', 'aside:not(.quote)',
             '.sidebar', '.nav', '.navigation', '.menu', '.breadcrumb',
             '.header', '.footer', '.logo', '.site-logo',
             '#header', '#footer', '#nav', '#sidebar',