private function _stripLeadingHash($value)
 {
     if (!tubepress_impl_util_StringUtils::startsWith($value, '#')) {
         return $value;
     }
     return ltrim($value, '#');
 }
 private function _maybeRemoveLeadingPL($originalValue)
 {
     if (!tubepress_impl_util_StringUtils::startsWith($originalValue, 'PL')) {
         return $originalValue;
     }
     return tubepress_impl_util_StringUtils::replaceFirst('PL', '', $originalValue);
 }