# Prevent self-referential linkify links in posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-self-referential-linkify-links-in-posts/294033>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** watched-words\
**Created:** [October 11, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-self-referential-linkify-links-in-posts/294033 "2023-10-11T19:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![RBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-self-referential-linkify-links-in-posts/294033/1 "2023-10-11T19:13:09Z")

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Is there a way to do the opposite, i.e. somehow disable or tell it to ignore watch words while composing a post?

The issues I’m seeing is this:

1. I’ve setup watched words to link specific words to a specific topic (e.g. upload files)
2. When I edit the post in that topic, those same words (i.e. upload files) are used in that post and it automatically replaces those words with a link back to the same post.

This is creating confusion for the users because those automatic links bring it back to the same post. Is there a way to

1. Either disable watched words for a specific category or topic?
2. Disable watched words (manually) while writing a post?

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