# The dot «.» symbol is stripped from a category slug

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dot-symbol-is-stripped-from-a-category-slug/42384>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2016 年4 月 11 日 11:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dot-symbol-is-stripped-from-a-category-slug/42384 "2016-04-11T11:00:08Z")\
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作者： ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
发布日期： [2016 年4 月 11 日 15:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dot-symbol-is-stripped-from-a-category-slug/42384/2 "2016-04-11T15:53:24Z")

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This isn’t a bug. We don’t put periods in URLs as it can trip up Rail’s mime detection, or make it look like you’re downloading a file. For example `virus.exe`

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