# Links to tags not working in final post unless autocompleted

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884 "2017-09-12T10:54:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-tags-not-working-in-final-post-unless-autocompleted/69884/6 "2017-09-13T00:15:34Z")

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Oh right my bad #faq-material::tag entered from autocomplete, and #faq-material typed.

@tgxworld I really do not agree with this design. Like users and groups, tags and categories should share the same namespace.. the `#blah:tag` pattern should only be required for disambiguation.

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