# How to link to a specific post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-specific-post/61406>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-specific-post/61406 "2001-04-10T00:00:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-specific-post/61406/1 "2001-04-10T00:00:48Z")

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I’ve noticed every now and then people linking to specific posts. When I quote the post to check the coding it appears as a postid#xxxxx or something like that.

Can anyone tell me how this is done? It’s so much better than giving a link to a thread when you want to be specific about a particular post.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-specific-post/61406/2 "2001-04-10T03:48:50Z")

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Do it [like this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=955404#post955404).

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**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-a-specific-post/61406/3 "2001-04-10T10:02:51Z")

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Thanks **beatle**! Exactly what I was looking for. My search didn’t go back far enough.

Mods, feel free to lock this.