# Discourse BBCode

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode/65425
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, bbcode
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode/65425 "2017-06-30T21:13:22Z")
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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bbcode/65425/59 "2025-06-11T22:43:05Z")

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I could be wrong but I’d say in _most_ cases users hiding text for malicious reasons is a rare occurrence and the warning serves as a caveat of ‘what could happen’.

If this is something that you are worried about you could create a #Contribute > Feature request or use [watched words](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-reference-guide/241735) to catch people typing `[colour][/color]` for example.

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