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That's just code.
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Cerbrus
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  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
Rollback to Revision 48
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Cerbrus
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  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
That's just code.
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Cerbrus
Cerbrus
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  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short errors
    • AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getitem__'.
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
  • Micro-snippets of code (This is especially important for HTML tags or things that resemble HTML tags, since some HTML is allowed in posts and the site will try to render anything between < and >)
    • init()
    • if (boolean) {
    • <form action="..." method="post">
    • <strong>
    • <level>
    • &nbsp;
  • Filenames and filepaths
    • readme.txt
    • .htaccess
    • C:\windows\system32
    • __init__.py
  • Shell commands, or executable names written as you'd write them at your terminal:
    • git
    • cp file1.txt file2.txt
  • Showing a URL that you don't want to render into something clickable
    • http://www.example.com
  • Data
    • form input values
    • text that an algorithm will operate on
  • Short outputs
    • It's printing <function <lambda> at 0x7f7563ceda60>. What does that mean?
Add short errors and short output.
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wjandrea
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This answer doesn't cover the syntax, so the pun doesn't make sense, isn't relevant, and without context, it's rude to use the name of a serious illness.
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wjandrea
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Make this easier to find for people coming from "How do I make a good edit?"
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Anerdw
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Rollback to Revision 42
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TylerH
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I've seen too many error messages mangled by quote formatting to recommend it. Inline code formatting works instead for long single lines.
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wjandrea
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Add back the caveats about tables. These are considerations for editors to take into account.
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wjandrea
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Add back the first paragraph that directly answered the question and move in the point that these words don't require special formatting at all. Then below we can focus on things that *do* require special formatting. Use emphasis "sparingly" ;)
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wjandrea
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Added big fat "use more suitable formatting" back in, formatted list.
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Cerbrus
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edited body
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Mark Amery
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A proposal!
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Cerbrus
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Cerbrus
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Again, we don't want to list every single instance of bad use of code formatting. That list can _never_ be complete, and just saying "don't use code formatting outside of these examples" is enough.
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Cerbrus
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Go for an *even more succinct* version of my earlier edits
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Mark Amery
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deleted 13 characters in body
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Cerbrus
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Rollback to Revision 29
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Cerbrus
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further shorten prose
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Mark Amery
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Shorten prose a bit
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Mark Amery
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Rollback to Revision 27 - I think the edits just rolled back were useful and should stay, for reasons outlined in the comments.
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Rollback to Revision 22
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