# HTML stripped from content when watch/replace, but not when written directly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-stripped-from-content-when-watch-replace-but-not-when-written-directly/223125>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [April 4, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-stripped-from-content-when-watch-replace-but-not-when-written-directly/223125 "2022-04-04T11:36:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-stripped-from-content-when-watch-replace-but-not-when-written-directly/223125/4 "2022-04-04T12:04:50Z")

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I mean you could add a watched word which replaces

VO2max → VO₂max

Since there’s no HTML, I think watched words should work ok.

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