# Testing my inability to post URLs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801>\
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**Created:** [July 25, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801 "2000-07-25T17:08:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801/1 "2000-07-25T17:08:41Z")

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Okay, here goes. This post is a test on including a link by just manually typing the address and “including a space before and after.” Let’s see if it works:

[http://www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com)  
Ta-daaaaaa? I’ll see after this becomes a proper post.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801/2 "2000-07-25T17:12:41Z")

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Note to newbies: Yep, this is how to do it. Type a space. Type the address. Type another space. That’s all there is to it. Now, about how to do it so the address doesn’t show, but as in the sentence, “Hey, everybody, want to see a picture of Al Gore doing it with a goat? Click \>here\<.”

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801/3 "2000-07-25T17:24:01Z")

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This is a test to see if the space before and after a URL works if the URL is a cut-and-paste:

[http://www.well.com/user/vanya/kirk.html](http://www.well.com/user/vanya/kirk.html)

Ta-daaa #2? Wait and see.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-my-inability-to-post-urls/26801/4 "2000-07-25T17:25:32Z")

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Yep, that’s it #2. Anyone reading this boring thread, forgive me if you see this website again in MPSIMS. It’s too good not to share.