how to link to a new page, womewhere other than the top? September 2, 2010 8:00 AM Subscribe
How do you link to a comment, not a page?
I see many people on MeTa linking to specific places on a page, not the top. I have also seen it when somebody recommends a specific comment made on another thread. How do you do that?
Thanks!
I see many people on MeTa linking to specific places on a page, not the top. I have also seen it when somebody recommends a specific comment made on another thread. How do you do that?
Thanks!
Look for the timestamp in a comment's byline; that's a link to that specific comment. Rightclick, copy, paste, bam!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:01 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:01 AM on September 2, 2010
or, click on the timestamp, then copy the URL from your browser address bar.
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:03 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:03 AM on September 2, 2010
Pony Request: Add a symbol (maybe [Q] after the [+] [!]) to make that process streamlined. It has really caught on in longer threads and is a hassle.
posted by 2bucksplus at 8:04 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by 2bucksplus at 8:04 AM on September 2, 2010
This is true across a ton of other blog-type sites as well. It's called a permalink and some say pb invented it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:05 AM on September 2, 2010 [12 favorites]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:05 AM on September 2, 2010 [12 favorites]
Now that we got this settled, can we leave this thread open for dorkie jokes and stupid links?
posted by slogger at 8:08 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by slogger at 8:08 AM on September 2, 2010
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posted by 2bucksplus at 11:04 AM on September 2 [+] [!] [q]
Clicking [q] would create this in the reply box:
2bucksplus
Everything else would still be up to the user.
posted by 2bucksplus at 8:15 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by 2bucksplus at 11:04 AM on September 2 [+] [!] [q]
Clicking [q] would create this in the reply box:
2bucksplus
Everything else would still be up to the user.
posted by 2bucksplus at 8:15 AM on September 2, 2010
It's called a permalink and some say pb invented it.
Holy crap! I new PB was brilliant, but reading that interview and his past credits puts him on a whole 'nother level of brilliant?
Fucking brilliant? Awesomely brilliant? Wonderfully awesome brilliant? Yeah, something like that.
posted by nomadicink at 8:23 AM on September 2, 2010
Holy crap! I new PB was brilliant, but reading that interview and his past credits puts him on a whole 'nother level of brilliant?
Fucking brilliant? Awesomely brilliant? Wonderfully awesome brilliant? Yeah, something like that.
posted by nomadicink at 8:23 AM on September 2, 2010
Little known fact: pb went back in time and murdered the man who created the ██████████ HTML tag.
[Redacted reference to the name of the tag, to prevent its reintroduction to the timeline. Don't make me come after you, Plutor. --pb]
posted by Plutor at 8:27 AM on September 2, 2010 [7 favorites]
[Redacted reference to the name of the tag, to prevent its reintroduction to the timeline. Don't make me come after you, Plutor. --pb]
posted by Plutor at 8:27 AM on September 2, 2010 [7 favorites]
Some say he invented the permalink. All we know is he's called The Stig pb.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 8:28 AM on September 2, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 8:28 AM on September 2, 2010 [6 favorites]
pb is great if you're in a jam.
posted by Rumple at 8:35 AM on September 2, 2010 [7 favorites]
posted by Rumple at 8:35 AM on September 2, 2010 [7 favorites]
I SAW WHAT YOU DID TH.... suddenly very very hungry....
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:38 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:38 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Little known fact: pb actually invented the internet, but let Al Gore take credit.
posted by slogger at 8:48 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by slogger at 8:48 AM on September 2, 2010
I SAW WHAT YOU DID TH.... suddenly very very hungry....
Wait before I refreshed the page this said 'hengry.'
WHERE IS MY EDIT WINDOW
posted by shakespeherian at 8:55 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Wait before I refreshed the page this said 'hengry.'
WHERE IS MY EDIT WINDOW
posted by shakespeherian at 8:55 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Some say that pb invented George Washington Carver.
posted by zamboni at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by zamboni at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
WHERE IS MY EDIT WINDOW
Apparently, it is in your mind.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2010
Apparently, it is in your mind.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:08 AM on September 2, 2010
WHERE IS MY MIND
posted by shakespeherian at 9:18 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by shakespeherian at 9:18 AM on September 2, 2010
WAAAAY OUT
IN THE META
SEE IT FLAGGIN'
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:26 AM on September 2, 2010 [3 favorites]
IN THE META
SEE IT FLAGGIN'
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:26 AM on September 2, 2010 [3 favorites]
suddenly very very hungry....That's because pb's friend j just turned up...
posted by Karmakaze at 9:27 AM on September 2, 2010
Apparently, it is in your mind.
Your mind is the scene of the edit.
posted by reductiondesign at 9:32 AM on September 2, 2010
Your mind is the scene of the edit.
posted by reductiondesign at 9:32 AM on September 2, 2010
Zamboni!
posted by Rumple at 10:07 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Rumple at 10:07 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh - stop
With your math in the air and your head in the clouds
Think of a cat and box it, yeah
Before the waveforms collapse
Put some radium in with it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my cat (x3)
Way out kinds of science
Set me swimmin'
My head's swimmin' 'bout superposition
Animals are hiding between the states
Decay the little atom
But they told me, I swear
Tryin' to explain to me, sci-psi.
Where is my cat (x3)
Way out kinds of science
Set me swimmin'
posted by shakespeherian at 10:11 AM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
With your math in the air and your head in the clouds
Think of a cat and box it, yeah
Before the waveforms collapse
Put some radium in with it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my cat (x3)
Way out kinds of science
Set me swimmin'
My head's swimmin' 'bout superposition
Animals are hiding between the states
Decay the little atom
But they told me, I swear
Tryin' to explain to me, sci-psi.
Where is my cat (x3)
Way out kinds of science
Set me swimmin'
posted by shakespeherian at 10:11 AM on September 2, 2010 [2 favorites]
TOE!
KNEE!
TOE!
KNEE!
(This is a song about a superhero named Toe Knee. It's called Toe Knee's theme.)
posted by not_on_display at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2010
KNEE!
TOE!
KNEE!
(This is a song about a superhero named Toe Knee. It's called Toe Knee's theme.)
posted by not_on_display at 10:33 AM on September 2, 2010
Your mind is science diet.
Every time I feed my cats I announce loudly to them: "It's your diet! Made of SCIENCE!" It never gets old. For me, anyway. I'm sure the cats stopped finding me funny eons ago and are doing the cat equivalent of rolling their eyes.
posted by sonika at 10:42 AM on September 2, 2010 [6 favorites]
Every time I feed my cats I announce loudly to them: "It's your diet! Made of SCIENCE!" It never gets old. For me, anyway. I'm sure the cats stopped finding me funny eons ago and are doing the cat equivalent of rolling their eyes.
posted by sonika at 10:42 AM on September 2, 2010 [6 favorites]
the cat equivalent of rolling their eyes.
This is pretty much just the normal mode of operation for cats.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:45 AM on September 2, 2010
This is pretty much just the normal mode of operation for cats.
posted by shakespeherian at 10:45 AM on September 2, 2010
This is pretty much just the normal mode of operation for cats.
This is where dogs are infinitely better - endlessly joyful and enthusiastic. I can see why the hipster cat meme caught on so quickly - cats really do think that they're so superior.
Sinfest knows this.
posted by djgh at 11:05 AM on September 2, 2010
This is where dogs are infinitely better - endlessly joyful and enthusiastic. I can see why the hipster cat meme caught on so quickly - cats really do think that they're so superior.
Sinfest knows this.
posted by djgh at 11:05 AM on September 2, 2010
Womewhere, out there.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 11:28 AM on September 2, 2010
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 11:28 AM on September 2, 2010
2bucksplus: "Pony Request: Add a symbol (maybe [Q] after the [+] [!]) to make that process streamlined. It has really caught on in longer threads and is a hassle."
I use the MefiQuote Greasemonkey script
posted by I am the Walrus at 11:34 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
I use the MefiQuote Greasemonkey script
posted by I am the Walrus at 11:34 AM on September 2, 2010 [1 favorite]
This thread makes me feel like singing "Womewhere over the rainbow..."
posted by Cranberry at 2:12 PM on September 2, 2010
posted by Cranberry at 2:12 PM on September 2, 2010
MetaTalk: womewhere other than the top?
posted by blue_beetle at 7:38 PM on September 2, 2010
posted by blue_beetle at 7:38 PM on September 2, 2010
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