# Don't remove space before "?" in title

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670 "2020-01-03T16:17:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![CamilleRoux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/camilleroux/32/119575_2.png) [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670/1 "2020-01-03T16:17:58Z")

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Hi,

Discourse seems to remove automaticaly space before “?” in post titles. But in French, the space is needed.  
How not to have this auto-correct? Or better, follow the French rules if the forum is in French.

Thanks

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670/2 "2020-01-03T17:23:00Z")

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To keep the space before question marks, you need to disable the `title remove extraneous space` site setting.

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### Author: ![CamilleRoux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/camilleroux/32/119575_2.png) [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670/3 "2020-01-03T17:35:35Z")

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Great!  
Is it possible to i18n this function?

ex:

```
"test<space><space><space>?" => "test?" (in "en")
"test<space><space><space>?" => "test<space>?" (in "fr")

```

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670/4 "2020-01-03T17:43:26Z")

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> [@CamilleRoux](#):
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> Is it possible to i18n this function?

I think the only way to accomplish that would be to create a plugin for it. In the Discourse code, the `title remove extraneous space` and `title prettify` settings are applied to all locales.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-remove-space-before-in-title/137670/5 "2020-02-02T17:43:31Z")

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