# Broken link?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752 "2005-11-06T05:28:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752/1 "2005-11-06T05:28:28Z")

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This link:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249)

is broken. What is the proper way to report it? 😕

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**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752/2 "2005-11-06T05:32:33Z")

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> [@ouryL](#):
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> This link:  
> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249)
> 
> is broken.

This is often what happens when a thrad is moved to the “Moderators only” forums. If you followed a link from a public forum, the move may have happend between the time you loaded the forum page, and the time you clicked on the thread.

Or something else is going on.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752/3 "2005-11-06T05:42:50Z")

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> [@ouryL](#):
>
> This link:  
> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343249)
> 
> is broken. What is the proper way to report it? 😕

Where did you find that link?

**wolfstu** is correct - the thread was moved to moderation. There shouldn’t have been a trail of bread crumbs left behind.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-link/329752/4 "2005-11-06T05:48:50Z")

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Never mind, I found it. 🙂