# Referencing individual posts... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826 "2001-09-05T07:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/1 "2001-09-05T07:40:09Z")
I know how to url reference threads, but I notice sometimes when pointing out something specific or a specific poster the link goes straight to that post. How do you do that? ---
**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:** [September 5, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/2 "2001-09-05T08:10:01Z")
Just add “#post” and the post number to the end of the URL you would normally use to paste to a specific thread. You can find the post number by hovering over the “Quote” button with the cursor. Here’s an example: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80299#post1490064](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80299#post1490064) You can also bookmark individual posts this way (as I have done with that one on my broswer). If you’re in IE, after you click on a link to an individual post, just click on “Add to Favorites” on the “Favorites” menu as you would any other web page. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/3 "2001-09-05T14:20:34Z")
That’s a little confusing, **MEBuckner**. The best way to do that trick was originally explained by **UncleBeer** in a thread from way back when. I can’t find it now, which is probably a good thing - Ironically, in the thread I’m referring to, the depth and detail of **UncleBeer’s** explanation makes, in the end, even _it_ hard to understand. A far more simplified, and easier, way to do this trick was posted recently by **Northern Piper** in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73136) thread. **Piper** even includes a cut and paste template thingy to make it even easier still (Incidentally, the cut and paste **Piper** explains is what I eventually came up with after reading **UncleBeer** explanation). The only thing missing, or that needs clarification, in **Pipers** thread is that you don’t have to _click_ the quote button- you can get the ID number by simply hovering over the quote button. From there, cut and paste. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/4 "2001-09-05T16:00:17Z")
Well no wonder my explanation is confusing. I don’t know how to do it either. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/5 "2001-09-05T20:51:37Z")
You’re kidding, right **UncleBeer**? I used to have that thread bookmarked for reference, but I lost it in a windows re-format. I’m almost positive it was you that explained it. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/6 "2001-09-05T21:18:14Z")
My apologies **UncleBeer**. It wasn’t you that explained it, it was **Alphagene**. It was so long ago I got the two of you mixed up. Anyrate, the thread I was remembering is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=59727). And the post in question (You saw this coming a mile away) is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1127953#post1127953). Another, often overlooked, way to find out how someone coded something, or how they did a particular thing a certain way, is to simply click the quote button in that post and it will come up in the reply window showing the code or technique the poster used. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/7 "2001-09-06T02:56:10Z")
The discussion I’m trying to find and can’t concerned the millionth thread. There were lots of examples giving in that discussion. I just can’t recall how to search for something like that. Anyone else recall that discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/referencing-individual-posts/79826/8 "2001-09-06T03:11:48Z")
Silly me. I was searching on “million”. It was found under 1,000,000". - [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52140](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52140) Millionth post not far away? - 3 replies Reuben 12-22-2000 07:10 PM About This Message Board \* - [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52687](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52687) Nearing a round number - 6 replies isopropyl 12-27-2000 12:35 AM About This Message Board \*