# Unlisted topics become listed via references

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-become-listed-via-references/61243
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** unlisting
**Created:** [2017年四月19日 10:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-become-listed-via-references/61243 "2017-04-19T10:52:50Z")
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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: [2017年四月19日 23:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-become-listed-via-references/61243/9 "2017-04-19T23:05:47Z")

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OMG you’re right my bad @niemeyer I wasn’t understanding this.

That’s indeed a sort of bug.

@falco can you add something to the codepath which prevents showing the backlink if the topic is unlisted?

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