but somehow PM is adding them and I cannot get rid of them.

Indeed, I can reproduce for profiles pages. For profile pages (but not for SoPW pages), instances of script are replaced with s‎crip‎t.

This is presumably a security measure. However, I can't imagine why this measure would be needed for profile pages if it isn't needed for SoPW pages. I therefore consider this a bug.

Workaround: Use script instead of script. (S for an uppercase S.) For example, 

<a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Business::Stripe::Sub&#x73;cription"
+>Business::Stripe::Sub&#x73;cription</a>

[download]

The hack is applied after the expansion of [mod://] and similar, so they can't be used as a workaround.

In reply to Re^6: LTR character in links @pmdev by ikegami
in thread LTR character in links by Bod

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