# Links with multiple dots aren’t linking right

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-with-multiple-dots-aren-t-linking-right/220781>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [March 11, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-with-multiple-dots-aren-t-linking-right/220781 "2022-03-11T22:31:21Z")\
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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:** [March 29, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-with-multiple-dots-aren-t-linking-right/220781/12 "2022-03-29T07:19:15Z")

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I think resolving the `http(s)://` case will give enormous amounts of mileage.

Vast majority of people are just copying a URL from the address bar of the browser, it certainly includes protocol.

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