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Anton Geraschenko comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5541)

Anton Geraschenko — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:28:06 -0700

Unknown G.: Why not just copy-paste the link to the question?
Sonia Balagopalan: Someone could edit the title of the question, but the number remains the same once you post it.

You're both right. The link could change, but the server ignores the stuff that comes after the number, so old links will still work:
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/12345/you-can-put-anything-you-want-here

The title is in the URL so that MO is Google-friendly. Google weights words in the URL heavily when deciding what the page is about.

Sonia Balagopalan comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5540)

Sonia Balagopalan — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:24:08 -0700

@Unknown G.: Someone could edit the title of the question, but the number remains the same once you post it.

Harald Hanche-Olsen comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5538)

Harald Hanche-Olsen — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:12:49 -0700

@geraldedgar: No. URI (universal resource identifier) is a more general concept of which URL (uniform resource locator) is a special case.

geraldedgar comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5534)

geraldedgar — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:29:41 -0700

Isn't URI or some such the preferred term nowadays?

Anton Geraschenko comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5505)

Anton Geraschenko — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:13:04 -0700

The URL is what is in the location bar at the top of your browser. For example, if you go to
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24103/ech-cohomology-of-compact-spaces-via-closed-covers
then you'll be looking at question 24103.

garabed gulbenkian comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5503)

garabed gulbenkian — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:52:18 -0700

What does "URL" signify and where do I find it?

Unknown G. comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5472)

Unknown G. — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:15:09 -0700

Personally, I never use these numbers. Why not just copy-paste the link to the question? Of course, with markdown (http://mathoverflow.net/editing-help) this can be done in an aesthetic way.

Harald Hanche-Olsen comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5471)

Harald Hanche-Olsen — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:13:01 -0700

The number is part of the URL of the question.

garabed gulbenkian comments on "How are questions numbered?" (5470)

garabed gulbenkian — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:42:14 -0700

I am a new user of "mathoverflow" and need to learn how to ask
questions and respond to the answers I get without having the
discussion closed off when I start raising questions which seem to
fall into the category of "duplicate questions".
However, I would first like to know one thing. It appears that each
question asked is assigned a number and you can bring up the question
by typing this number into the search box. But the number is nowhere
displayed. How can I find the number assigned to each of my questions
so that I will have an easy way of referring to them in any discussion?