help: Document permanent topic links.

Also note that channel links are permanent.
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Alya Abbott
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## Link to Zulip from anywhere
All URLs in Zulip are designed to be shareable. Copying the URL from
the browser's address bar will work for all views, including searches.
All URLs in Zulip are designed to be **shareable**, including:
- Links to messages, topics, and channels.
- Search URLs, though note that personal
[filters](/help/search-for-messages#search-filters) (e.g., `is:followed`) will
be applied according to the user who's viewing the URL.
In addition, links to messages, topics, and channels are **permanent**:
- [Message links](#get-a-link-to-a-specific-message) will still work even when
the message is [moved to another topic](/help/move-content-to-another-topic)
or [channel](/help/move-content-to-another-channel), or if its [topic is
resolved](/help/resolve-a-topic). Zulip uses the same permanent link syntax
when [quoting a message](/help/quote-or-forward-a-message).
- [Topic links](#get-a-link-to-a-specific-topic) will still work even when the
topic is [renamed](/help/rename-a-topic), [moved to another
channel](/help/move-content-to-another-channel), or
[resolved](/help/resolve-a-topic).
!!! tip ""
When some messages are [moved out of a
topic](/help/move-content-to-another-topic) and others are left in place,
links to that topic will follow the location of the message whose ID is
encoded in the topic URL (usually the first or last message in the topic).
- [Channel links](#get-a-link-to-a-specific-channel) will still work even when a
channel is [renamed](/help/rename-a-channel) or
[archived](/help/archive-a-channel).
### Get a link to a specific message
This copies to your clipboard a permanent link to the message,
displayed in its thread (i.e. topic view for messages in a channel).
Viewing a topic via a message link will never mark messages as read.
These links will still work even when the message is [moved to another
topic](/help/move-content-to-another-topic) or
[channel](/help/move-content-to-another-channel), or if its [topic is
resolved](/help/resolve-a-topic). Zulip uses the same permanent link syntax when
[quoting a message](/help/quote-or-forward-a-message).
This copies to your clipboard a permanent link to the message, displayed in the
context of its conversation. To preserve your reading status, messages won't be
automatically marked as read when you view a conversation via a message link.
When you paste a message link into the compose box, it gets automatically
formatted to be easy to read: