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When a mod converts a post to a comment, if the post contains a link of this form:

Check out this [awesome site][1]

[1]: http://stackoverflow.com/

the comment will try to use the same syntax, but fail since that doesn't work in comments. Can it automatically convert to this syntax instead?

Check out this [awesome site](http://stackoverflow.com/)
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    If you think about it, the logical answer to any Stack Overflow question is to link them to Stack Overflow. It's where they'll find the answer they need, after all.
    – Grace Note StaffMod
    Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 21:57
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    @Grace I'm going to spam "Belongs on SO" comments on every SO question I can find
    – Michael Mrozek
    Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 22:05
  • Just FYI, Tim Post also requested at ♦ Moderator dashboard too - meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72202/…
    – YOU
    Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 2:38
  • FYI This is happening again, at least on money.stackexchange.com. See meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90161/…
    – Alex B
    Commented May 6, 2011 at 16:20
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    @Jeff There's a comment and an answer about how this isn't fixed (I haven't run into it again)
    – Michael Mrozek
    Commented Aug 9, 2011 at 13:56
  • @Jeff - This is not fixed. At least not for automatically converted answers. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/112742/…
    – Oded
    Commented Nov 22, 2011 at 22:19

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OK, we now do a best effort to convert footnote style links to inline links prior to changing posts into comments.

Be advised that converting a post with complex formatting to a comment is .. not really a good idea, in the big scheme of things.

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This is not fixed.

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Be advised that converting a post with complex formatting to a comment is .. not really a good idea, in the big scheme of things.

Then stop doing it.

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It is still not fixed (at least in 2017).

The answer Possible to default DateTime field to GETDATE() with Entity Framework Migrations? ( visible for 10k+ reputation users)

“just had a similar probably, and found a good solution. Hope this helps: EF 4.3.1 Migration Exception - AlterColumn defaultValueSql creates same default constraint name for different tables” edited May 23, 2017 at 11:47

was converted to a comment

just had a similar probably, and found a good solution. Hope this helps: stackoverflow.com/questions/9830216/… – Thiago Silva Mar 26, 2012 at 16:03

The fully described title of the link became user-unfriendly truncated link.

Can it be ensured that the full names are not changed to a URL during conversion?

If a URL is shown, it should not be truncated, because end of the link is often more meaningful for a reader.

In a comment @Laurel pointed, that particular issue is related to another long-waiting change request Replace links with the current question title in comments

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    This is not the same problem mentioned in the question and probably not a bug at all. Was the link in the answer formatted in markdown at all or was it auto-converted to a title link? That's something that only happens in posts.
    – Laurel
    Commented Feb 11, 2023 at 1:26
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    @Laurel Exactly, it's a link that was auto-converted to a title. Both the answer and comment have the exact same markdown; it's just displayed differently.
    – 41686d6564
    Commented Feb 11, 2023 at 2:41
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    @Laurel I didn’t say is it a bug, it is undesirable behavior from the user/ SO content point of view. I agree that potential fix will be to resolve links to name in comments the same way as for posts (better for all comments, but at least for converted from answers). Do you think that it’s better to raise as a separate feature request?
    – Michael Freidgeim
    Commented Feb 11, 2023 at 4:29

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