diff -r c305fb08c0d1 -r 5dc98ddc6a9a pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue May 06 15:06:30 2014 +0200
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c	Tue May 06 15:17:11 2014 +0200
@@ -5970,7 +5970,6 @@
 		/* The initial offset is to deal with
 		 * escaped entities making the string longer */
 		int tag_start_offset = 0;
-		int tag_end_offset = 0;
 		const char *tagname = NULL;
 
 		GtkTextIter start, end;
@@ -5993,7 +5992,9 @@
 			else {
 				g_snprintf(str, 1024, "*%s*:", alias_escaped);
 				tag_start_offset += 1;
+#if 0
 				tag_end_offset = 2;
+#endif
 				tagname = "whisper-name";
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -6016,7 +6017,9 @@
 					tag_start_offset += strlen(AUTO_RESPONSE) - 6 + 1;
 				} else {
 					g_snprintf(str, 1024, "%s:", alias_escaped);
+#if 0
 					tag_end_offset = 1;
+#endif
 				}
 
 				if (flags & PURPLE_MESSAGE_NICK) {