Revisions to How do comments work?

Added flags to "who can delete comments", since it seems relevant.

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edited Aug 8, 2012 at 12:46

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Comments that are flagged by multiple users are deleted automatically. The number of flags needed is based on the comment's score. It currently takes "3 + (Score / 3)" flags to delete a comment.

Moderators can delete any comment, or purge all comments from a post.

Comments that are flagged by multiple users are deleted automatically. The number of flags needed is based on the comment's score. It currently takes "3 + (Score / 3)" flags to delete a comment.

Moderators can delete any comment, or purge all comments from a post.

Fixed link to hacky workaround for newlines, though I actually doubt it's useful

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edited Jul 5, 2012 at 18:19

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Comments can be formatted with a subset of Markdown: bold (**bold**), italic (_italic_ or *italic*), bold italic (***bold italic*** or ___bold italic___) and code (`code`) are allowed. It is not generally possible to insert line breaks in comments, though some hacky workarounds hacky workarounds exist.

Comments can be formatted with a subset of Markdown: bold (**bold**), italic (_italic_ or *italic*), bold italic (***bold italic*** or ___bold italic___) and code (`code`) are allowed. It is not generally possible to insert line breaks in comments, though some hacky workarounds exist.

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edited Jul 5, 2012 at 15:16

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If a comment doesn't meet eitherany of the criteria above, then it shouldn't be deleted.

Update and clarify some rather old advice

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edited Jul 5, 2012 at 14:59

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added bit about line breaks and updated obsolete permalink info

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edited Jul 5, 2012 at 14:33

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edited Jul 3, 2012 at 17:49

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fixed broken image; sp/gr; removed redundant section

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edited Nov 3, 2011 at 18:24

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remove multiple link types restriction (this is fixed) and add magic links

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edited Jun 15, 2011 at 17:28

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edited Apr 18, 2011 at 0:18

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Added some more headings

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edited Mar 31, 2011 at 21:53

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Added example of bold italic

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edited Feb 25, 2011 at 12:42

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bold and italic together is now working

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edited Feb 20, 2011 at 11:58

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Note on the pencil icon for moderators. Added image.

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edited Feb 5, 2011 at 21:41

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Note on URLs in comments

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edited Feb 5, 2011 at 15:53

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Notes on linking to comments

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edited Sep 11, 2010 at 11:17

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Added link to "How does comment voting and flagging work?"

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edited Jun 24, 2010 at 18:49

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Added note about flagging comments (and clarified that nowadays only moderators can delete others comments)

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edited May 29, 2010 at 9:21

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edited Apr 14, 2010 at 16:33

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added 667 characters in body

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edited Apr 14, 2010 at 15:59

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edited Apr 14, 2010 at 15:42

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Updated allowed Markdown for comment formatting

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edited Apr 14, 2010 at 15:19

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Talk to the hand, because that's where the ears are now after the transplant surgery following the fall out of putting expandafoam up the nose which somehow blew out the ears.

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edited Mar 30, 2010 at 12:50

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give comment replies more prominence with a separate question (though in reality, apparently I and everyone else missed that it was mentioned here, even if outdated)

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