Grishka, I use the entire URL, not an internal reference to it the way you did. It's too easy for the shortened one to fail.

Like Joe, I read/correct/rewrite many links a day. It's muscle memory at this point. When people simply place an un-linked URL in a post it's easy for one of us to copy it, add the requisite a href bit, with carets, and there it is, if it is a link that needs making.