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I guess this most often happens to me on MSO, following links to sources of all kinds of statements. But true: that is hardly a reason to change things. Still, just for the record: even some high reputation user can sometimes be confused, like in the 4th comment here. That said, I guess you can somehow tell from log files if this indeeds happens a lot (if at all) for external links?

Arjan
– Arjan

2011-04-23 10:51:22 +00:00
Commented Apr 23, 2011 at 10:51
(That 4th comment stating "the last question which you linked" while actually the link referred to a (deleted) answer.)

Arjan
– Arjan

2011-04-23 10:53:36 +00:00
Commented Apr 23, 2011 at 10:53
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One case where this matters is when an answer is linked in the chat for flagging. After the answer is (expectedly) deleted, people might incorrectly think the question was being called spam by the reporter.

John Dvorak
– John Dvorak

2015-12-16 11:25:53 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 11:25

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