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 If you are looking for support, you can get it from
 
 - [Mailing Lists](https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mailing-lists/)
-- [Discussion Forums][https://forums.wxwidgets.org/]
-- [#wxwidgets IRC channel][https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/irc/]
+- [Discussion Forums](https://forums.wxwidgets.org/)
+- [#wxwidgets IRC channel](https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/irc/)
 - Stack Overflow (tag your questions with @c wxwidgets):
   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/wxwidgets
 - Please report bugs at http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket