# "Period" in tag

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-in-tag/179400>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** tags\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-in-tag/179400 "2021-02-12T00:15:11Z")\
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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:** [February 13, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/period-in-tag/179400/2 "2021-02-13T04:24:42Z")

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Based on my testing, periods are not allowed in tags. So perhaps you have an older version of Discourse where that was previously allowed?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/3/33e56dd68c783dde417b2e626cee3245bf0f805d.png)

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