# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833 "2003-02-22T21:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/1 "2003-02-22T21:39:08Z")
[:smack:](http://www.cnn.com) ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/2 "2003-02-22T21:40:11Z")
cool, you can make a smilie into a hyperlink… I’ve never seen that before…i suppose because no one would know you could click on it ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/3 "2003-02-22T22:47:46Z")
I’m not certain, but I think this might be looked down upon, because it’s along the same lines as “hidden information”. I’m really unsure of the board’s policy on this matter, though, so don’t take my word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/4 "2003-02-24T18:11:47Z")
[cnn.com](http://cnn.com) test [test](http://cnn.com) [here](http://www.colehardware.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/5 "2003-02-24T18:53:32Z")
[ > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > > [@](#): > > > ]([www.msn.com](http://www.msn.com)) ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/6 "2003-02-25T04:26:23Z")
[ > [@](#): > > ]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=164927](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=164927))_Originally posted by Achernar_ > I’m not certain, but I think this might be looked down upon, because it’s along the same lines as “hidden information”. I’m really unsure of the board’s policy on this matter, though, so don’t take my word for it. I wonder if this form will ever catch on for citing… ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/7 "2003-02-25T04:55:27Z")
I don’t think it’s helpful to provide a link to this very thread… Maybe if you were quoting someone from another thread, though. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/8 "2003-02-25T05:04:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > \*\*I don’t think it’s helpful to provide a link to this very thread… Maybe if you were quoting someone from another thread, though. \*\* Actually, you can link to posts in the same thread. Imagine one of those long 5-page threads in GD or Pit. You’re responding to multiple posts. You could link to individual posts, so readers don’t have to scan through 5 pages to find the complete post. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/9 "2003-02-25T14:29:49Z")
Yeah **Achenar** , I was just using it as a test because the url to the thread was convenient. But it could be used for quote from other websites quite readily. Like this for instance: [ > [@](#): > > ]([http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=585&e=3&cid=585&u=/nm/20030224/sc\_nm/armageddon\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=585&e=3&cid=585&u=/nm/20030224/sc_nm/armageddon_dc))Armageddon is just 57 years away, by the calculations of Britain’s most famous scientist, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/10 "2003-02-26T14:06:18Z")
[Test link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?action=newreply&postid=2776163) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/11 "2003-02-26T14:10:52Z")
[test2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2776163&highlight=yeah...riiiight#post2776163) ---
**Author:** ![Smaug\_Philter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Smaug\_Philter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smaug_Philter)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/156833/12 "2003-02-28T08:16:56Z")
This is a test of the emergency pargraph system. If this was a real paragraph, it would be indented.