# How to link to specific post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-specific-post/130351>\
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**Created:** [October 1, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-specific-post/130351 "2002-10-01T02:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Copper\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Copper\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Copper_Pin)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-specific-post/130351/1 "2002-10-01T02:44:03Z")

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Forgive this stupid newbie question, I’m trying to come up to speed as quick as I can. In some threads I noticed posters are able to link to specific posts in another thread. I know how I can get the thread URL, how do you find the URL to jump to a particular post?

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-specific-post/130351/2 "2002-10-01T03:47:16Z")

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Links to specific posts take the form

**[url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1127953#post1127953]Link[**/url\*\*]\*\*

You can get the post number (inserted after both “postid” and “#post”) by holding your mouse over the quote button at the bottom of that post; it will be at the end of the URL displayed in the status bar at the bottom of your browser.

Like so:

[Link to a post in which Alphagene discusses how to link to a specific post in a thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1127953#post1127953)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-link-to-specific-post/130351/3 "2002-10-01T06:45:18Z")

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or see here:  
[FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1982344#post1982344)