No, I did not link to something that I knew to be banned. The link I posted was not to a verification photo, which I knew was banned, it was a link to another post on here. As I said, I was not aware that linking to another post that contains verification photos was banned. As I was unaware of that, it follows that I was also unaware that I need to check every post that I include a link to does not include any verification photos, which is not spelled out in the rules. I am aware of that now.
Just to clarify, as it is not spelled out in the rules, do I need to check every other post in that thread? If a thread contains multiple pages, do I need to check every page of that thread?
And while including a link to a post with verification photos is banned, it is okay to say that a post including the WG's verification photos can readily be found using the search function?
We didn't think that every aspect of the rules would need to be spelled out in words of one syllable, we expect member to be able to use common sense.
The rules clearly state - 29 No Adultwork verification photos or private gallery photos to be posted.
This includes links to previously posted photos and to using the 'quote' feature to repost the photo.
Do you really not understand what that means.

The link you posted took you directly to a post by FCB which included her verification picture and you thought that was alright.

To clarify it so there is no misunderstanding, in October 2018 FCB posted photos of this escort which included a verification pic, at the time that was allowed. Since then the rules have changed and veri pics are no longer allowed to be posted. The rules are clear to most people that linking to previous posts that include veri pics is not allowed. BTW that thread by FCB is full of veri pics.
The fact is you posted a link to the post by FCB and that is covered under the highlighted part of thee rules.
I really can't put it in simpler terms, posting links to old threads that contain verification pictures is not allowed, it therefore follows it's up to you to check you are staying within the rules, if that means reading several pages then that's what you have to do. Or work in the principle of if in doubt don't do it.
Why you want to complicate matters by posting where verification pictures can be found is beyond me, you must just like to push boundaries. If you want to risk a ban then go ahead but if it were me I would forget about such pictures and leave others to do their own due diligence.