# Breaking Links

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-links/515576>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 29, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-links/515576 "2009-10-29T06:29:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-links/515576/1 "2009-10-29T06:29:16Z")

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Just sharing, but I’d just like to point out a method of breaking links that I’d suggest to others. If you disable the “Automatically parse links in text” feature, people who quote your post will likely accidentally re-convert it into a clickable link. But alternately, if you put a bunch of random spaces in it, that’s a bit annoying to correct. Instead, bold the “http” and both of these issues disappear.

**http** ://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/

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**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-links/515576/2 "2009-10-29T07:06:37Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> Just sharing, but I’d just like to point out a method of breaking links that I’d suggest to others. If you disable the “Automatically parse links in text” feature, people who quote your post will likely accidentally re-convert it into a clickable link. But alternately, if you put a bunch of random spaces in it, that’s a bit annoying to correct. Instead, bold the “http” and both of these issues disappear.
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> **http** ://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/

Or use the “noparse” tags:

[noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/%5B/noparse%5D)

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-links/515576/3 "2009-10-29T07:13:03Z")

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> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#):
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> Or use the “noparse” tags:
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> [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/%5B/noparse%5D)

Ohoh, I missed the introduction of that.