# How did this URL get into the tag?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [February 19, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637 "2017-02-19T19:06:35Z")
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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637/1 "2017-02-19T19:06:36Z")

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I haven’t seen this before and can’t replicate it. There is a URL in the tag of this post.  
It could be super userful – any idea how to do this?

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/0/c/0c1e7a18aad116f89fb7c0f5ca1b27837958fe6a_2_690x55.png)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5c5fc07241ab8edbf825434421424f93feae2325.png)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/a/9ab86a435eb50cff1fe5dc3d554e82600f5cacde.png)

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637/2 "2017-02-19T19:10:50Z")

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This has nothing do to with the tag, it’s about this:

> [@Start a topic by pasting a link (like Reddit)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071):
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> We looked over the checked in work with @neil and are going to make it work this way, which I think is much simpler – it obviates the need for some categories to be “link only” as it will work everywhere the editor already works: The helper text will indicate you can type a topic title as usual, or paste a link into the title field After pasting a link, the editor will pre-build the body and title for you. So if I paste this in.. (the editor spins a bit as it issues a HT…

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637/3 "2017-02-19T19:30:49Z")

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Aha! That makes sense.  
Thanks.

This can be marked as answered. 🙂

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-did-this-url-get-into-the-tag/57637/4 "2017-02-22T19:31:05Z")

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