# Watched words links corrupt @mentions and #categories

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-links-corrupt-mentions-and-categories/202161>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** watched-words\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-links-corrupt-mentions-and-categories/202161 "2021-08-30T19:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![nbianca](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nbianca/32/157984_2.png) [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-links-corrupt-mentions-and-categories/202161/5 "2021-09-09T15:35:03Z")

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Words preceded by # or @ will no longer be replaced by other words or links since this PR was merged:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/14260](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/14260)

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