# Cross-referencing Message Board data

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-referencing-message-board-data/2531>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-referencing-message-board-data/2531 "1999-08-14T23:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-referencing-message-board-data/2531/1 "1999-08-14T23:42:00Z")

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How would someone locate his/her name on any part of the Message Board (General Questions, BBQ Pit, ec.) if they’d forgotten which topic they’d replied to? And, Is there a way to locate a specific topic title, like “The expression ‘In Like Flynn’”–if one doesn’t know where it is, rather than scroll through each thread topiuc after topic?

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**Author:** ![Undead\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Undead\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead_Dude)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-referencing-message-board-data/2531/2 "1999-08-14T23:52:00Z")

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The “search” function has a lot of options.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/search.cgi?action=intro](http://www.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/search.cgi?action=intro)

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-referencing-message-board-data/2531/3 "1999-08-14T23:58:00Z")

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Thanks, Undead. 🙂