# Disable headers in replies like \<h1\> and \<h2\>

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-headers-in-replies-like-h1-and-h2/81775>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-headers-in-replies-like-h1-and-h2/81775 "2018-02-28T13:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-headers-in-replies-like-h1-and-h2/81775/8 "2018-02-28T15:07:42Z")

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My understanding of it has always been that headings are contextual based on the sectioned content. So for example, a post contained within an `article` tag should restart heading prioritization from H1.

From [HTML Standard](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/sections.html#headings-and-sections)

> The first element of [heading content](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#heading-content-2) in an element of [sectioning content](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#sectioning-content-2) [represents](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#represents) the heading for that section. Subsequent headings of equal or higher [rank](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/sections.html#rank) start new (implied) sections, headings of lower [rank](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/sections.html#rank) start implied subsections that are part of the previous one. In both cases, the element [represents](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#represents) the heading of the implied section.

I’d be surprised if Google didn’t account for this. Is there any evidence we can see that SEO has been confused by this?

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