# Mentioning Categories instead of Groups?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** markdown-it-review\
**Created:** [April 11, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697 "2014-04-11T20:10:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697/36 "2016-01-10T04:32:54Z")

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Already reported this “bug”…@tgxworld said it was not a bug.

> [@Unable to mention category as first text on line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-mention-category-as-first-text-on-line/37458):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Mentioning Categories instead of Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mentioning-categories-instead-of-groups/14697/16): Summary: Unable to mention a category when the hashtag is the first text on a line. Steps to reproduce: Create topic or post Add category preceeded by hashtag as first text on a line Expected Results: Editor offers to autocomplete category name and create mention Actual Results: Level 1 header is created Notes: Understand that this conflicts with Markdown spec, so not sure how this could be solved. Attachments: …

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