# Links without a valid target still render

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** markdown-it-review
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242 "2016-04-26T12:35:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![grxninesix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grxninesix/32/54339_2.png) [@grxninesix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grxninesix)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/1 "2016-04-26T12:35:19Z")

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Hello guys!  
I have find something  
You can bypass the black text with url feature

You can color your text like this with the url feature

```
You can [color your text]() like this with the url feature

```

For information.  
Have a nice day!

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/2 "2016-04-26T13:02:04Z")

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Maybe not a bug after all. The [CommonMark Spec](http://spec.commonmark.org/0.25/#link-destination) says:

> Both the title and the destination may be omitted

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/0/50499bd5eb04db9b779a0d1ed8def30b75dc7d4d.png)

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### Author: ![grxninesix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/grxninesix/32/54339_2.png) [@grxninesix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/grxninesix)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/3 "2016-04-26T13:04:46Z")

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Its allowed to use this to change color text, in a community?

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/4 "2016-04-26T13:10:45Z")

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What’s allowed will depend on the community.

But since it’s a exploit of some sort it can trigger a punishment in some boards.

If your community wants colored text there’s a plugin for that.

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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/5 "2016-04-26T13:36:49Z")

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> [@grxninesix](#):
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> Its allowed to use this to change color text, in a community?

Do you really want to trick people into thinking text is a link when it is not?

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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: [June 26, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/6 "2017-06-26T20:12:54Z")

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This is not a bug, and as a feature request I am declining it. The spec says it should be a hyperlink, no reason not to make it a hyperlink.

I feel that if people are abusing this, they should be handled by site moderators.

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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: [June 26, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-without-a-valid-target-still-render/43242/7 "2017-06-26T20:12:57Z")

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