Hello -- this is in reference to LONG hyperlinks

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

Long links
Long links in posts now break correctly and consistently, so posts can contain full-length hyperlinks and pages won't get deformed if someone accidentally pastes a URL into their subject line.

I just posted something with a long line that didn’t include the wrapped text on the 2nd line. Is something broke?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19495868

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Whenever I put a link in a post,

I always preview the post and make sure the link works. Sometimes, they don't, and I abandon that thread.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

2. Interesting. I've posted longer links previously and they've worked. Also, I just reviewed the HELP pages a few days ago

and noticed there was a method to add a link by manually inputting the command. I went today to use that command and the instructions had been updated. Since I read somewhere that EarlG was updating DU with new coding I just figured something got missed.

It’s NOT an issue I need resolved for my post as anybody should be able to find the link on their own, just figured I’d bring it to your attention.

[duncang]

3. If other suggestions don't work

Maybe try tiny url. It makes a shortened version of the link. I don’t have the site pulled up now but you can just search for it.

[Donkees]

4. Seems this is all you need for that link to work:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

[EarlG]

5. It's not the length of the link that's the problem in this case

When posting on DU, most characters are allowed in links, but some are disallowed for security reasons. I think the problem here might be the parentheses characters which are relatively uncommon in links, although I know Wikipedia uses them. If you post a link with a parenthesis on DU, the link will break at that character.

Interestingly, those Wikipedia links seem to work anyway without needing the full link to be posted.

[Donkees]

6. Their explanation for the parentheses characters is that the pages are redirects ...

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.