diff --git a/AKSubmission/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/AKSubmission/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index d6c141a133091033f10634eeecc488a11b3b2688..db925e64b2b6295f050fe06b14a3937216756877 100644
--- a/AKSubmission/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/AKSubmission/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-10-29 13:36+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-08-13 18:04+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -428,39 +428,45 @@ msgstr "Event inaktiv. Hinzufügen/Bearbeiten nicht möglich."
 msgid "AK successfully created"
 msgstr "AK erfolgreich angelegt"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:267
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:227
+msgid ""
+"Due to technical reasons, the link you entered was truncated to a length of "
+"200 characters"
+msgstr "Aus technischen Gründen wurde der eingegebeneLink auf eine Länge von 200 Zeichen gekürzt"
+
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:272
 msgid "AK successfully updated"
 msgstr "AK erfolgreich aktualisiert"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:334
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:339
 msgid "Person Info successfully updated"
 msgstr "Personen-Info erfolgreich aktualisiert"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:354
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:359
 msgid "No user selected"
 msgstr "Keine Person ausgewählt"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:380
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:385
 msgid "AK Slot successfully added"
 msgstr "AK-Slot erfolgreich angelegt"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:394
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:399
 msgid "You cannot edit a slot that has already been scheduled"
 msgstr "Bereits geplante AK-Slots können nicht mehr bearbeitet werden"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:404
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:409
 msgid "AK Slot successfully updated"
 msgstr "AK-Slot erfolgreich aktualisiert"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:417
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:422
 msgid "You cannot delete a slot that has already been scheduled"
 msgstr "Bereits geplante AK-Slots können nicht mehr gelöscht werden"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:427
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:432
 msgid "AK Slot successfully deleted"
 msgstr "AK-Slot erfolgreich angelegt"
 
-#: AKSubmission/views.py:448
+#: AKSubmission/views.py:454
 msgid "Message to organizers successfully saved"
 msgstr "Nachricht an die Organisator*innen erfolgreich gespeichert"
 
diff --git a/AKSubmission/views.py b/AKSubmission/views.py
index 3f43854608835480385f3236d3bea276b03d67f2..18972682116bb1c21751eae6af7b73957808558c 100644
--- a/AKSubmission/views.py
+++ b/AKSubmission/views.py
@@ -219,12 +219,17 @@ class AKAndAKWishSubmissionView(EventSlugMixin, EventInactiveRedirectMixin, Crea
 
         # Generate wiki link
         if form.cleaned_data["event"].base_url:
-            self.object.link = form.cleaned_data["event"].base_url + form.cleaned_data["name"].replace(" ", "_")
+            link = form.cleaned_data["event"].base_url + form.cleaned_data["name"].replace(" ", "_")
+            # Truncate links longer than 200 characters (default length of URL fields in django)
+            self.object.link = link[:200]
+            if len(link) > 200:
+                messages.add_message(self.request, messages.WARNING,
+                    _("Due to technical reasons, the link you entered was truncated to a length of 200 characters"))
         self.object.save()
 
         # Set tags (and generate them if necessary)
         for tag_name in form.cleaned_data["tag_names"]:
-            tag, _ = AKTag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag_name)
+            tag, was_created = AKTag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag_name)
             self.object.tags.add(tag)
 
         # Generate slot(s)
@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ class AKEditView(EventSlugMixin, EventInactiveRedirectMixin, UpdateView):
 
         # Set tags (and generate them if necessary)
         for tag_name in form.cleaned_data["tag_names"]:
-            tag, _ = AKTag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag_name)
+            tag, was_created = AKTag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag_name)
             self.object.tags.add(tag)
 
         return super_form_valid