Is there a way to strike out text in comments? The markdown that works for posts does not appear to work in comments.
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3n̶o̶ ----------– PekkaJun 8, 2012 at 23:53
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32w̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶y̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶A̶F̶A̶I̶K̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶U̶n̶i̶c̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶l̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶– PekkaJun 8, 2012 at 23:54
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1<strike>hmmm</strike> S̶t̶a̶c̶k̶O̶v̶e̶r̶f̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶E̶d̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶H̶e̶l̶p̶. Surprisingly, the SO editing guide doesn't say how to use strikeout in comments :( But @Pekka's tool works.– jmort253Jun 9, 2012 at 1:52
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@Pekka - You could add that as an answer ;) The only requirement is that the entire answer must use strikeout markup.– jmort253Jun 9, 2012 at 1:55
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2For the love of g-d, why?– user102937Jun 9, 2012 at 2:20
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And it doesn't work on at least some mobile browsers by default (Android, cell).– Dave NewtonJun 9, 2012 at 3:03
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Related: Comments should support the strike element– balpha StaffModJun 9, 2012 at 6:35
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@RobertHarvey encase I want to change something I previously stated that had been replied to.– CeleritasJun 11, 2012 at 18:04
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@Celeritas: Deleting the comment works quite well in those cases. The only thing more useless than a useless comment is a useless, struck-out comment.– user102937Jun 11, 2012 at 18:20
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1@RobertHarvey but then it's confusing when reading a response to a message that has been delete (or modified).– CeleritasJun 11, 2012 at 18:25
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@Celeritas Flag the responding comment as obsolete.– user102937Jun 11, 2012 at 18:26
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@Pekka On my browser (Firefox on Windows) your comment just appears (badly) underlined.– Arthur TaccaAug 17, 2021 at 7:45
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Strikeout is useful as it allows you to correct something without changing history and making every one that responded to the now striked out text look like a sucker. @Celeritas you are absolutely right!– Stijn de WittMay 15, 2022 at 14:06
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In short, no. As Pekka pointed out, you can use unicode struck-out letters to give the appearance of a <s> tag, but you can't use a proper strikeout. The SO Editing help that jmort253 linked in the comments explicitly enumerates all the markdown you can use:
_italic_ and **bold** text,
inline `code in backticks`,
and [basic links](http://example.com).
plus a number of shorthand links.
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__bold__also works for bold. But that's just basic markdown. It's just a shame that SO chose to give us crippled markdown for the comments where they removed some useful features. May 15, 2022 at 14:08