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Why doesn't formatting work in comments (for me)?
You're doing nothing wrong; comments only support a very specific subset of Markdown formatting and this is by design. Which commands are supported is revealed when you click the 'help' link when ...
GlorfindelMod
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How can I add a vertical bar | to a table on the site?
You need to escape the pipe with a backslash -> \|.
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Vertical bar
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There is a help function in the editor menu at right (the question mark) which will lead you to the way tables are ...
nohillsideMod
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Why does the list not properly render in a quotation?
Fixed :-) The rendering is a bit picky regarding the placing of . and space characters in quoted lists. See the edit for the specific change required (well, actually, I only changed one character at ...
nohillsideMod
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How to format my post to reveal some text on clicking?
You're right, and it's right there in the Markdown help:
Spoilers
To hide a certain piece of text and have it only be visible when a user clicks it, use the blockquote syntax with an additional ...
GlorfindelMod
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How to underline text in a question or answer?
Underline is used for hyperlinks. It is not possible to add underline formatting to other text. If you want to emphasis something, use bold or italics.
grgMod
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Table not formatting properly
I fixed it by adding an empty line after the table, but it looks like a bug nevertheless.
nohillsideMod
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how to edit such long code/error blocks?
As the question is off-topic anyway there is no need to even try to format it correctly :-) But if it would have been on-topic I would expect
the code part to be pre-formatted with line breaks and ...
nohillsideMod
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