# Meta links to Github often broken

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-links-to-github-often-broken/85151>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-links-to-github-often-broken/85151 "2018-04-12T11:59:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-links-to-github-often-broken/85151/3 "2018-04-12T22:36:58Z")

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Yes, links break over time. This is not specific to meta, or Discourse, or even Github. Does Github provide a stable means of determining whether a URL is a permalink based on its structure? If not, it’s going to be _awfully_ tricky to implement a warning.

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