# extra long links and spaces

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-long-links-and-spaces/64016>\
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**Created:** [May 2, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-long-links-and-spaces/64016 "2001-05-02T01:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-long-links-and-spaces/64016/1 "2001-05-02T01:37:37Z")

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apparently if you get links long enough a space appears  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2) right in straightdope a space appears

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extra-long-links-and-spaces/64016/2 "2001-05-02T07:28:35Z")

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If you type enough text without a space, vB inserts a space into it so the line can wrap. Unfortunately, this also happens if the text is in a URL tag and not being displayed. One complaint I have about vBulletin is that they seem to have not put much thought into the order in which things are done. For example, smilies are inserted after ampersands and angle brackets are replaced with html escape sequences, leading to the \<) \>) \>j \<j &) and &j smilies.