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edited Jul 5, 2018 at 9:14

Ideally, I'd like it to yield that:

Democracy (Greek: δημοκρατία dēmokraa thetía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body, and vote directly on each issue, e.g. on the passage of a particular tax law. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves. These representative meet to form a governing body, such as a legislature. In a constitutional democracy the powers of the majority are exercised within the framework of a representative democracy, but the constitution limits the majority and protects the minority, usually through the enjoyment by all of certain individual rights, e.g. freedom of speech, or freedom of association.^{1 2} Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority".³ Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes.

_{1. Oxford English Dictionary: Democracy.}

_{2. Watkins, Frederick (1970). Encyclopædia Britannica (Hardcover). 7 (Expo '70 ed.). William Benton. pp. 215–223. ISBN 0-85229-135-3.}

_{3. "Democracy – Definition of Democracy by Merriam-Webster".}

And I haven't testedeven broached the topic of math notation yet!

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asked Jul 5, 2018 at 8:09

André Levy

What's SE's markdown format on pandoc?

I've tried converting with pretty much all of them, mostly from a mediawiki excerpt, and none produced a perfect result. I've found strict markdown to be the closest, but it's still off; the links come out empty, and — would it be too much to ask? — the footnotes are not included and formatted.

For instance, this excerpt from Wikipedia:

… comes out as:

**Democracy** ( **, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has
three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise
power by [voting]. In a [direct democracy], the citizens as a whole form
a governing body, and vote directly on each issue, e.g. on the passage
of a particular tax law. In a [representative democracy] the citizens
elect representatives from among themselves. These representative meet
to form a governing body, such as a [legislature]. In a [constitutional
democracy] the powers of the majority are exercised within the framework
of a representative democracy, but the constitution limits the majority
and protects the minority, usually through the enjoyment by all of
certain individual rights, e.g. freedom of speech, or freedom of
association.[1][2] Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the
majority".[3] Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which
outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls
what occurs and its outcomes.

[1] [Oxford English Dictionary][]: *Democracy*.

[2] 

[3] 

  [voting]: Vote "wikilink"
  [direct democracy]: direct_democracy "wikilink"
  [representative democracy]: representative_democracy "wikilink"
  [legislature]: legislature "wikilink"
  [constitutional democracy]: constitutional_democracy "wikilink"
  [Oxford English Dictionary]: Oxford_English_Dictionary "wikilink"

… rendering as:

Democracy ( **, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body, and vote directly on each issue, e.g. on the passage of a particular tax law. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves. These representative meet to form a governing body, such as a legislature. In a constitutional democracy the powers of the majority are exercised within the framework of a representative democracy, but the constitution limits the majority and protects the minority, usually through the enjoyment by all of certain individual rights, e.g. freedom of speech, or freedom of association.[1][2] Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority".[3] Democracy is a system of processing conflicts in which outcomes depend on what participants do, but no single force controls what occurs and its outcomes.

1 Oxford English Dictionary: Democracy.

[2]

[3]

And I haven't tested math notation yet!

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