# Please stop linking to the page number.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-linking-to-the-page-number/846872>\
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**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-linking-to-the-page-number/846872 "2020-01-24T00:17:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Calavera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calavera/32/70_2.png) [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-linking-to-the-page-number/846872/1 "2020-01-24T00:17:55Z")

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An open request to pretty much everyone, but especially mods. The SDMB has a feature to choose how many posts per page, I have it set to 200 and am unsure why anyone would actually choose less. Regardless because people have different numbers of posts per page, linking to a particular post or linking to the thread with “relevant section starts at post#xx” is always a better practice than linking to a page number.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-linking-to-the-page-number/846872/2 "2020-01-24T01:04:17Z")

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Yeah, that option has only been around for about 15 years. But I’m sure that people will notice any day now.