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Can someone point me to information on how exactly permalinks work?

More to the point: when I click on "link" it displays a link in a pop-up box, when I click 'close', does it make it into a permalink? If not, where do I paste that link? If yes, how do I undo it? Will be much obliged.

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Links there are shortened versions of a full link, with a reference to your user ID. For example, your question is:

http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/121121/permalinks-feature-how-does-it-work

For my account, the permalink for the above is:

http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/121121/162522

It shortens /questions to /q and takes out the text at the end (the "slug"). If you're logged in, it will also append your user ID for Announcer, Booster, and Publicist Badges. If you don't care about that, or want the link to be anonymous, then remove your user ID:

http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/121121

Both versions of the permalink should be permanent as long as you don't delete your question.

The same applies to answers, showing an a instead of a q.

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  • The last ID is just your user ID. No condensing... :)
    – Tamara Wijsman
    Commented Feb 2, 2012 at 18:12
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    This is correct. They're quite straightforward referral links, they don't generate a GUID per-click on "link" or anything like that.
    – user154510
    Commented Feb 2, 2012 at 18:23

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