# Sorry, you can't include links in your posts **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050 "2026-03-02T07:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![push-f](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@push-f](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/push-f)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050/1 "2026-03-02T07:21:33Z")
Hi, I wanted to submit an Anki suggestion. Following the _Feature Requests/Suggestions_ link in the GitHub issue modal, I created an account here and was about to submit it only to get: > An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t include links in your posts. I get that this is a measure to prevent link spam from new users, however perhaps you could allow links to `https://docs.ankiweb.net/` and `https://github.com/`? Not being able to reference your documentation and code in new suggestions is quite annoying and working around this with inline codes is a hassle and makes the links harder to follow. ---
**Author:** ![ZornHadNoChoice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/zornhadnochoice/32/28874_2.png) [@ZornHadNoChoice](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZornHadNoChoice)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050/2 "2026-03-02T10:42:27Z")
There have been malicious addons on AnkiWeb before, and GitHub also has malicious repos, I’ve read. ---
**Author:** ![Anon\_0000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Anon\_0000](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Anon_0000)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050/4 "2026-03-02T20:11:10Z")
Maybe it can be selectively whitelisted? Whitelisting these rules might make sense: - `docs.ankiweb.net` - `docs.ankidroid.org` - `docs.ankimobile.net` - `translating.ankiweb.net` - `faqs.ankiweb.net` - `addon-docs.ankiweb.net` - `apps.ankiweb.net` - `forums.ankiweb.net` - `github.com/ankitects/*` - `github.com/ankidroid/*` That way new users can refer to the documentation, to the official website, to other forum posts and to the official source code (which will hopefully never contain malware) without having to jump through hoops. Those sites above shouldn’t bear any serious risks. ---
**Author:** ![ZornHadNoChoice](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/zornhadnochoice/32/28874_2.png) [@ZornHadNoChoice](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ZornHadNoChoice)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050/5 "2026-03-02T20:58:52Z")
Add to the list: `https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/` and possibly the other related subs. Edit: it appears this has been discussed before [Forum - allow whitelisted URLs](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/forum-allow-whitelisted-urls/44335). ---
**Author:** ![push-f](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@push-f](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/push-f)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/sorry-you-cant-include-links-in-your-posts/69050/6 "2026-03-05T18:59:37Z")
> [@ZornHadNoChoice](#): > > There have been malicious addons on AnkiWeb before, and GitHub also has malicious repos, I’ve read. I think as long as platforms have working moderation allowing links to them is fair and preventing the links doesn’t make that much sense since this forum is very much not the only way you can get there. However it seems that [Forum - allow whitelisted URLs - #3 by NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/forum-allow-whitelisted-urls/44335/3) is accurate in that Discourse unfortunately apparently cannot distinguish domains for users at trust level 0.