diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index ec165638e..c5242d5c6 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class DText
     str.gsub!(/\[u\](.+?)\[\/u\]/i, '<u>\1</u>')
     str.gsub!(/\[tn\](.+?)\[\/tn\]/i, '<p class="tn">\1</p>')
 
-    str = parse_mentions(str)
+    str = parse_mentions(str, options)
     str = parse_links(str)
     str = parse_aliased_wiki_links(str)
     str = parse_wiki_links(str)
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ class DText
     str
   end
 
-  def self.parse_mentions(str)
+  def self.parse_mentions(str, options = {})
+    return if options[:disable_mentions]
+
     str.gsub!(MENTION_REGEXP) do |name| 
       next name unless name =~ /[a-z0-9]/i
 
diff --git a/app/views/artist_commentaries/_show.html.erb b/app/views/artist_commentaries/_show.html.erb
index 7be442828..7ef57bdcd 100644
--- a/app/views/artist_commentaries/_show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artist_commentaries/_show.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <section id="original-artist-commentary">
     <h3><%= artist_commentary.original_title %></h3>
     <div class="prose">
-      <%= format_text(artist_commentary.original_description, :ragel => true) %>
+      <%= format_text(artist_commentary.original_description, :ragel => true, :disable_mentions => true) %>
     </div>
   </section>
 <% end %>
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
     </h3>
     <div class="prose">
       <% if artist_commentary.translated_description.present? %>
-        <%= format_text(artist_commentary.translated_description, :ragel => true) %>
+        <%= format_text(artist_commentary.translated_description, :ragel => true, :disable_mentions => true) %>
       <% else %>
-        <span class="disabled"><%= format_text(artist_commentary.original_description, :ragel => true) %></span>
+        <span class="disabled"><%= format_text(artist_commentary.original_description, :ragel => true, :disable_mentions => true) %></span>
       <% end %>
     </div>
   </section>
diff --git a/app/views/artists/show.html.erb b/app/views/artists/show.html.erb
index 05f1facce..518c81256 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/show.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <% if @artist.notes.present? && @artist.visible? %>
       <div class="prose">
-        <%= format_text(@artist.notes, :ragel => true) %>
+        <%= format_text(@artist.notes, :ragel => true, :disable_mentions => true) %>
       </div>
 
       <p><%= link_to "View wiki page", @artist.wiki_page %></p>