# Some characters after URL mean topic link doesn't work

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-characters-after-url-mean-topic-link-doesnt-work/402371
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 7, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-characters-after-url-mean-topic-link-doesnt-work/402371 "2026-05-07T08:25:12Z")
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### Author: ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-characters-after-url-mean-topic-link-doesnt-work/402371/1 "2026-05-07T08:25:12Z")

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I think it’s because you can add things like `.rss`, so if you finish off a sentence in brackets with a link the full stop then Discourse thinks it’s all part of the URL.

`[Link: https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.]`:

[Link: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.)]

`[Link: https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1]`:

[Link: [New to Discourse? Start here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1)]

`[Link: https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1?u=jonathan5.]`:

[Link: [New to Discourse? Start here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1)]

`(Link: https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.)`:

(Link: [https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1.))

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