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I composed a question on Stack Overflow which had lots of text. I tried to format it, mostly using <pre> tags but was unable to post it. The website gave the warning that my post contains improperly formatted code.
To seek any guidance on how to properly format it I tried to post the same question with the whole body blockquoted but then I got another warning - This looks like spam.
So I'm putting my question body up on pastebin for any guidance I can get.
I'm not sure why <pre> isn't working for you; it works for me, but maybe the quality checks on this site are different; it probably even matters if you're posting a question or an answer, and what your reputation is (though with 181 reputation you're not brand new). Anyway, you can try to use 'Code Sample' mode instead (Ctrl + K works, or the curly braces {} in the editor toolbar). It's a lot cleaner, especially with many code blocks as in your question.
If the system still complains about spam, try to add some more text. I wouldn't recommend to do this often, but you can even try to add a paragraph consisting of repeated characters at the end. (That's way better than the endless string of dots or x-es other people sometimes use.)
