# 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:** [Abril 11, 2016, 11:00am 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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**Author:** ![fantasticfears](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fantasticfears/32/119608_2.png) [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**Post date:** [Abril 11, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dot-symbol-is-stripped-from-a-category-slug/42384/4 "2016-04-11T18:26:49Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> [(Optional) dashed-words for url]

Slug is like a auto generated stuff under the hood (mainly for topic). It’s the only place where we can change a slug. This is also why it doesn’t show a validation error but changed the string under the hood.

> [@Mittineague](#):
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> And coders would understand [-a-z]+

Might be good for adding a validation in client side or server. It’s meant for other languages and often accompanied a `slug_generation_method` setting of `encoded`.

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