# What should be the Straight Dope web link icon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 5, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748 "2007-01-05T00:01:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748/1 "2007-01-05T00:01:42Z")

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I realize, strictly speaking, this should go in ATMB, but I’m looking for an opinion about a suitable icon so I’m trying it here first. Mods move if you must.

In putting the Straight Dope website in my links it apparently does not have an little SD link icon for the link. IE 7 lets you add an icon. Is there an SD icon already out here? If not what should it be?

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748/2 "2007-01-05T00:03:41Z")

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A headshot of Slug’s “Cecil as a turkey” image, by far.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748/3 "2007-01-05T00:06:48Z")

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[Googling turns up this site](http://www.straightdope.com/badges/alsorans.html).

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-the-straight-dope-web-link-icon/386748/4 "2007-01-05T00:16:48Z")

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This seems to be coming up here a lot in the last little while.

I have suggested an image of a beam coming down from the sky all the way down into the deepest parts of the ocean, instantly scorching the sole occupant of a submersible, a Golden Retriever, to death.