# How do I link to a post?

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> Quick question: …

[quote=“Hampshire, post:1, topic:536860”]

That’s the same number you’ll see when you mouse-over the “post number” [noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12367010&postcount=1[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12367010&postcount=1%5B/noparse%5D).  
Leave off everything after p=########, and change the _p=_ to a _;_ after the user-name.

So,  
[noparse][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11967039&postcount=1[/noparse]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11967039&postcount=1%5B/noparse%5D)

[quote=“TubaDiva, post:1, topic:524058”]

> [@If you think you see malware on the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-think-you-see-malware-on-the-sdmb/524058/1):
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> If an ad on the SDMB has given you problems …

This gives the link to the post in place in the thread with the cool arrow, one of like six ways to do it.

CMC fnord!

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