fronzelneekburm: I originally linked
to the post in the trading thread that kicked off the whole jimYs saga*. But when I followed the link I ended up in some random part of the thread, so I decided to link to the page instead, as that would point you vaguely into the right direction.
True. When posts get deleted, then direct linking can lead to the wrong page entirely, depending on number of posts. However, linking to a post lets a person check which post number you meant, and then they can find their way to the appropriate area in the thread.
Linking to a page number can put you on the right page if you have the same posts-per-page as the one that created the link, and post deletions don't end up moving the post to a different thread.
Anyway, just a suggestion, and as you say "gog forum gonna gog forum."