# Why does the thread on resource in the moon have a link to a webpage under the thread title?

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If a Hyperlink is pasted into the thread title it creates this link looking like a tag.

> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> That site is linked to in the OP of the thread.

True, but not the cause of the link that looks like the tag.

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See my test thread:

> [@The Radio Wave Mystery That Changed Astronomy : Short Wave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-radio-wave-mystery-that-changed-astronomy-short-wave/969829):
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> Testing that a Hyperlink is pasted into the thread title it creates this virtual link looking like a tag.

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