# Could marks be put in to show where links have been removed by mods? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 3, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-marks-be-put-in-to-show-where-links-have-been-removed-by-mods/488085 "2009-03-03T01:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-marks-be-put-in-to-show-where-links-have-been-removed-by-mods/488085/1 "2009-03-03T01:18:17Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508829), an “advertising link” was removed from post #2. This was done by completely removing the offending link in question, thus making the post make little sense since there were words missing. I had to read that post several times (“The search function at works well”) before I realized that it had been edited and the missing words must have named some other message board. I suppose I can see why you wouldn’t want to leave the original words intact, but would you consider putting something like [Link deleted] in when you decide to alter our posts like that? That way, the poster’s sentence at least makes a little bit of sense to people who come upon the thread later. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-marks-be-put-in-to-show-where-links-have-been-removed-by-mods/488085/2 "2009-03-03T01:37:46Z")
Actually, that’s what typically happens (you usually see it in NSFW links being removed), but I’ve been in a hurry today and didn’t get around to it. I’ll go back later tonight when I get a moment and edit in a placeholder statement so that it all reads better.