# URLs in observation discussion link to an iNat-user named 'URL'

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** web\
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974 "2021-02-02T13:28:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/1 "2021-02-02T13:28:20Z")

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**Platform** : Website

**Browser** : Browser-independent (true for Firefox and Safari)

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68656789](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68656789)

**Description of problem** :

Klicking on one of the two URLs in this thread links to the iNat-user’s ‘URL’ observation page. The URLs itself are working and I cannot replicate this issue when copy+pasting the comments into another observation

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/2 "2021-02-02T13:35:21Z")

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The text in the body of the comment is mis-formatted. I think probably we’d have to ask the user how they entered the URL while they were composing the comment to figure out what went wrong. It’s possible they made a mistake while entering the URL.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/a/a5643b7f578c0c6ea40a99da92dee342d7baf854.png)

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**Author:** ![RangerMyles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/rangermyles/32/18365_2.png) [@RangerMyles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/RangerMyles)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/3 "2021-02-02T20:03:55Z")

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Might be hyperlinked. Like this: URL

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**Author:** ![trinaroberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/trinaroberts/32/12172_2.png) [@trinaroberts](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/trinaroberts)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/4 "2021-02-02T20:10:09Z")

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I can replicate this consistently. It seems to happen if you use the “Add a link” tool on the toolbar when you’re writing a comment, then put the URL where you should put the text, and put nothing where you should put the URL (leaving it as “(url)” which is how the “Add a link” tool inserts it).

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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/5 "2021-02-02T20:18:37Z")

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I marked this solved since it’s not a bug, but rather a mistake by the commenter.

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/urls-in-observation-discussion-link-to-an-inat-user-named-url/19974/6 "2021-02-07T02:30:23Z")

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Closed on February 7, 2021, 2:30am UTC