# Adding Links to New Posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 29, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564 "2024-03-29T14:29:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/1 "2024-03-29T14:29:44Z")
There was an implication in a recent moderator post that it is helpful when making a new post to add links. How does one do this? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/2 "2024-03-29T14:37:43Z")
Can you link to the Moderator Post, I think context would help. I don’t know what exactly you mean in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/3 "2024-03-29T14:44:20Z")
I’ll try to remember in which thread you said this. I thought you wrote something along the lines of “some posters do their own links” “which is very helpful”. Perhaps I misunderstood you? One wants to help. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/4 "2024-03-29T14:51:00Z")
I said something like that about tags recently. I wonder if that was the post. One possibility: > [@Is it ok to link to threads from an external website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-link-to-threads-from-an-external-website/997104/4): > > Excellent idea and #photo already leads mainly to these threads in fact. If any are missing, I can go back and add the tag. I see Monthly photo competition #1 (Dec 2022) to #15 (Feb 2024) are all tagged, so it looks like everything is in place. Handy thing to link to a group of threads with the same tag, type “#” and then part of the tag name and you’ll be prompted for the tag and it will create the link like I did above. Stronger possibility: > [@What do outsiders not understand about the place where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-outsiders-not-understand-about-the-place-where-you-live/999355/23): > > I’m not sure if the OP can remove the tag, but I tend to remove odd ones that were either automatically added or sometime the OP adds one that doesn’t fit the tag. If flagged, I remove them of course. Posters are tagging far more on their own now. That’s really great. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/5 "2024-03-29T14:55:23Z")
Yeah, the last couple lines of the second post. Not completely sure how posters add their own tags. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/6 "2024-03-29T15:01:15Z")
When you create a thread, you pick the category, the box after the category is where you add the tag. Type Title: I’m looking to take a long weekend in Long Island Category: In My Humble Opinionoptional tag:vacation-travel When you type a few letters of the tag, like vac it will prompt you to select the existing tag, same with Category by the way. If you mean adding a new tag to the SDMB, that is something only Mods can do. As we’re using them as cross forum sub-categories in makes sense to keep it to the Moderators. If you mean creating the link all threads with a tag, explained in the first post I quoted. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/7 "2024-03-29T17:35:22Z")
Thanks, will give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/8 "2024-04-04T19:54:18Z")
Is there automatic tagging now as well? I just made a topic that mentions LotR and Tolkien as an example of something, and it got insta-tagged with “middle-earth” which is a little misleading. Not complaining, I guess, I was just surprised (as I don’t follow the tagging feature very closely). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/9 "2024-04-04T20:00:22Z")
I never used tags and the options tend to be very non-specific. I’ve been tagging my posts, or trying, and just keep plugging away until one sort of fits. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/10 "2024-04-04T20:07:09Z")
There is some auto-tagging. It appears to be 63 words or phrases at this point. I cleared the tag in question you mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564/11 "2024-04-05T17:30:00Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I just made a topic that mentions LotR and Tolkien as an example of something, and it got insta-tagged with “middle-earth” which is a little misleading. Note that you can remove the tags in a topic you created, at least you can shortly after making the thread. I created a thread in P&E that mentioned Trump but I did not expect the thread to be about him specifically, so after creating the thread I edited my OP and clicked the X next to the automatic Trump tag, and I was able to save it and the tag was gone. I assume that something like that falls under the same 15 minute edit window as everything else and if you wait longer you’ll need to contact a mod to change it (though I haven’t tested).