# Linking to Locked Threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-locked-threads/249518>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 9, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-locked-threads/249518 "2004-06-09T20:06:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-locked-threads/249518/1 "2004-06-09T20:06:02Z")

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Is it permissible to link to a locked thread? How about as a joke, is it OK then?

Just wondering…

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-locked-threads/249518/2 "2004-06-09T20:23:55Z")

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[Why wouldn’t it be?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=105272)