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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Formatting

    How do I format text in comments?

    For example, no new line spacing, bullet points, & bold.

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    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge
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      Re: Formatting

      It's in the house rules link, above the comment box:

      You can use basic HTML to format your text - once you have had five posts accepted for publication. Currently we allow: < b >, < strong >, < em >, < i > and < span class="strike" >stricken< /span > (< strike > was dropped in HTML5). Badge holders can also use < sub >, < sup >, < ul >, < li >, < blockquote >, < code >, and < pre >.

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      1. KarMann Silver badge
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        Re: Formatting

        I'll belatedly add, since this post is the first result that came up on Bing (*spit*) when I searched for this kind of thing, that the < span class="strike" > is now replaced by a simple < s >.

        Also, the < q > tag seems to have been added, and I don't even know what that is. Maybe shorthand for < blockquote >? Let's find out. No, it enclosed it in quotation marks. Curly ones, by the looks of things, and probably semantically helpful for those using screenreaders and similar. Nice.

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        1. JRStern
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          Re: Formatting

          <q>testing 123</q>

          <blockquote>testing 456</blockquote>

          OK these aren't working, why not? I've posted more than five comments. I think.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Thank you

    Cheers

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