# How to link to a post?

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**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/478717 "2008-12-26T10:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/478717/1 "2008-12-26T10:05:30Z")

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I’ve seen people link to an individual post. How do you do that?

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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/478717/2 "2008-12-26T11:29:46Z")

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Right click the post number above the Join Date( top right corner of each post.), and click on Copy Link Location, then stick that little beauty in the Insert Link feature above where you type your replies, and give it a label.

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-post/478717/3 "2008-12-26T11:31:48Z")

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Thank you.