# Links in custom badge descriptions don't work in badge directory

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-custom-badge-descriptions-dont-work-in-badge-directory/41649>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [28 Marzo 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-custom-badge-descriptions-dont-work-in-badge-directory/41649 "2016-03-28T13:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [29 Marzo 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-in-custom-badge-descriptions-dont-work-in-badge-directory/41649/10 "2016-03-29T05:24:09Z")

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Thanks, we were being very naughty 🙄 and nesting `A` tags. (which is very not allowed according to the HTML/5 spec)

I fixed this per:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6bb97dcabba0c80c33f89ae40f133b80f7ede55e](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6bb97dcabba0c80c33f89ae40f133b80f7ede55e)

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