# Trying reference with label.

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**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690 "2007-08-23T21:26:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/1 "2007-08-23T21:26:12Z")

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Here is an experiment about references…

The New Republic’s \<a href=“[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701922\_pf.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701922_pf.html)” target=“\_blank”\>controversy\</a\>.

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TBJ

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/2 "2007-08-23T21:49:01Z")

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[QUOTE=True Blue Jack]  
Here is an experiment about references…

The New Republic’s \<a href=“[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701922\_pf.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701922_pf.html)” target=“\_blank”\>controversy\</a\>.

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TBJ  
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Trying something shorter…

Yahoo’s \<a href=“http://“[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)” target=”\_blank"\>Search Engine\</a\>.

TBJ

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/3 "2007-08-23T21:55:08Z")

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[QUOTE=True Blue Jack]  
Trying something shorter…

Yahoo’s \<a href=“http://“[yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)” target=”\_blank"\>Search Engine\</a\>.

TBJ  
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Okay, I see now that HTML codes are off. But I don’t know how to turn them on.

Please advise…

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TBJ

{Edited to separate know and how!}

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**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/4 "2007-08-23T22:15:40Z")

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I don’t think VB uses standard html. Try this, sans spaces:  
[URL=http://www.google.com]Google[/ URL] .

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/5 "2007-08-24T19:35:14Z")

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HTML is turned off on this board.

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/6 "2007-08-24T20:12:51Z")

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[QUOTE=MissMossie]  
I don’t think VB uses standard html. Try this, sans spaces:  
[URL=[http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com)]Google[/ URL] .  
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Okay, here goes…

[Google](http://www.google.com)

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TBJ

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    - YUP! It’s already working in the Preview Post, so  
**Thank You** , MissMossie!

😃

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True Blue Jack

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/7 "2007-08-24T20:34:57Z")

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The documentary _Live Nude Girls Unite_ (2000), written and directed by Vicky Funari and Julia Query, does not have a Wikipedia article. However seeking it brings you to the redirected location /Lusty\_Lady, as seen below:

> **[Lusty Lady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusty_Lady)**
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> The Lusty Lady is a pair of defunct peep show establishments, one in downtown Seattle and one in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The Lusty Lady was made famous by the labor activism of its San Francisco workers and the publication of several books about working there.
> The Seattle Lusty Lady, known originally as the Amusement Center, was opened in the 1970s by two business associates, who soon after opened the other location in San Francisco. Originally, both Lusty Ladys showed 16mm ...

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TBJ

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/8 "2007-08-24T20:41:25Z")

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[QUOTE=True Blue Jack]  
The documentary _Live Nude Girls Unite_ (2000), written and directed by Vicky Funari and Julia Query, does not have a Wikipedia article. However seeking it brings you to the redirected location /Lusty\_Lady, as seen below:

> **[Lusty Lady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusty_Lady)**
>
> The Lusty Lady is a pair of defunct peep show establishments, one in downtown Seattle and one in the North Beach district of San Francisco. The Lusty Lady was made famous by the labor activism of its San Francisco workers and the publication of several books about working there. The Seattle Lusty Lady, known originally as the Amusement Center, was opened in the 1970s by two business associates, who soon after opened the other location in San Francisco. Originally, both Lusty Ladys showed 16mm pe...

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TBJ  
[/QUOTE]  
— Now for the real thing:

The documentary _Live Nude Girls Unite_ (2000), written and directed by Vicky Funari and Julia Query, does not have a Wikipedia article. However seeking it brings you to the redirected location /Lusty\_Lady, as seen below:  
[PrettyLittleLink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusty_Lady)

Almost screwed it up, but… SUCCESS! 🙂

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TBJ

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-reference-with-label/416690/9 "2007-08-24T20:54:53Z")

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By _Georgie Girl,_ I think I’ve got it!  
[_Lusty Lady_ on Wikipedia!](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusty_Lady)

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TBJ