<p>The number identifies a specific post and, if included in the quote tag, it will produce a small arrow linking directly to the post that corresponds to the number. One way to see the number is to go to the post in question. Click on the number at the far right of the header in the post (#20 for this message at present.) That will open up another tab or window with only that post in it. The URL for that tab or window will be be something like</p>
<p>[noparse]<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13068168-post20.html[/noparse]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13068168-post20.html[/noparse]</a></p>
<p>and the number you want is the one before the hyphen.</p>