Help text for Tag wiki excerpts does not mention markdown is not supported

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Is markdown allowed for tag wiki excerpts?

For example, can I do for goatse

An operator used in [tag:perl]

The description of a tag wiki excerpt given is

The usage guidance, or tag wiki excerpt, is a short blurb that describes when and why a tag should be used on this site specifically.

Unlike in the version of the help text mentioned in the accepted answer of https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/138024/38765 , there's no information that the excerpt is "plain text".

Possible duplicate of Tag links in tag excerpts not shown properly — user642796, Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 6:05
@ArthurFischer Thanks for that, but the help text I received is different from that mentioned in the accepted answer of the question you link to. — Andrew Grimm, Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 6:16
Hmm.. I guess they have changed that text fairly recently, though they still don't render Markdown in tag wiki excerpts. I wonder why it's been changed to be less clear. — user642796, Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 6:32
@AndrewGrimm: The text quoted in the second section of the answer is the same as can still be found in the blog post you linked. — Nathan Tuggy, Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 8:13
They changed the text and forgot to explain it's plain text only, so I consider this a bug in wording. — Shadow Wizard, Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 11:40

Glorfindel · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-19 08:10:04Z

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As of June 14th (thanks @Pang), when you edit a tag wiki excerpt, you are reminded that tag wiki excerpts are

(plain text only, no Markdown formatting)

answered Jun 19, 2017 at 7:45

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Universal Electricity · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-28 12:43:15Z

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In tag excerpts, no markdown is allowed. Not even [tag:another-tag] markdown is allowed:

It is only allowed in tag wikis:

This is because the tag excerpt is a short description of the tag.

A tag wiki is a full wiki about the tag, so markdown is allowed.

answered Nov 28, 2015 at 12:43

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Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 12:43
True, but that's not the point here, as the help text does not mention this anymore.
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Nov 28, 2015 at 16:22

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