Help center page contains unparsed markdown (MSE only)

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On the how to answer page on MSE we see the following:

...are not about the software that powers the Stack Exchange [network](http://stackexchange.com/sites) as defined in the help center.

The markdown did not parse. Please edit to parse the markdown.

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Ah, interesting. The part between "not about" and "as defined" is a $Topic variable that gets auto-inserted based on the site, and apparently doesn't get run through the parser. — animuson, Apr 13, 2015 at 17:07

Oded · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-13 19:20:45Z

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Yeah, someone put markdown in a setting that isn't parsed for markdown.

I removed the markdown bits.

answered Apr 13, 2015 at 19:20

Oded

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But why not make it a link as that someone intended to do?
– Shadow The Spring Wizard
Apr 13, 2015 at 19:47
@ShadowWizard - order of execution. And in order to fix the broken as soon as possible, before looking at a better long term solution.
– Oded
Apr 13, 2015 at 19:57
Sorry, I don't follow. Links are possible there since "defined in the help center" is a link. So why not make "network" link as well, manually, until the markup parser is fixed/attached in there?
– Shadow The Spring Wizard
Apr 13, 2015 at 19:58
@Sha - isn't that simple. given, meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253286/…
– Oded
Apr 13, 2015 at 20:02
Oops, didn't notice the comment. Guess we now know who that someone is, too? ;)
– Shadow The Spring Wizard
Apr 13, 2015 at 20:03
Anyway, isn't it better to mark this completed when the $Topic variable will support markdown?
– Shadow The Spring Wizard
Apr 13, 2015 at 20:04
It is used in a bunch of places, so not sure it should at all. Doesn't make sense in certain contexts.
– Oded
Apr 13, 2015 at 20:06

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