# Lack of spaces in title prevents topic from being created
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [12 september 2016 om 23:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046 "2016-09-12T23:14:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)
#### Post date: [12 september 2016 om 23:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046/1 "2016-09-12T23:14:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from ["Title is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive" - why?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/title-is-invalid-try-to-be-a-little-more-descriptive-why/28911/6):
The issue mentioned in the linked post fixed the issue with periods, but it turns out colons are still an issue. This prevents titles containing code syntax e.g. “ContentProdiver:IsLoaded(content)”
It’d be great if colons could receive the same treatment as periods.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [12 september 2016 om 23:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046/2 "2016-09-12T23:14:43Z")
Not colons, lack of spaces in this case.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 september 2016 om 00:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046/3 "2016-09-13T00:00:25Z")
However, I do agree the fix in the previous topic ought to apply to colons as well. Can you make it happen @techAPJ?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [13 september 2016 om 03:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046/4 "2016-09-13T03:49:44Z")
Fixed via:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e46204d1958de3868259b626d84835bfd31ed9a6](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e46204d1958de3868259b626d84835bfd31ed9a6)
EDIT: Wrong commit message. 😞
Should be: “allow long words if they contain _colons_”
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [13 september 2016 om 03:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lack-of-spaces-in-title-prevents-topic-from-being-created/50046/5 "2016-09-13T03:49:47Z")