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Dash on different line as commenter's username

In the comments section, I have noticed that often if the user's username gets carried over to the next line if it is too long. That is fine, but I have noticed that when this happens, the dash that ...
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Are there Common Conventions or Etiquette for Referencing Stack Exchange, and Users? [closed]

Question When writing about Stack Exchange, or citing from Stack Exchange, in research papers, citations, bibliographies, etc.: Is there a Common Convention or Etiquette suggested when referring to ...
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possible grammar of "Voting that a post is a duplicate"

Upon voting that a post is a duplicate of another post, a comment under your name is automatically posted that looks something like this: possible duplicate of "<post_name>" This is hardly a ...
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Are comments a good place for someone to keep cut-and-pasting grammar advice?

Today I've seen a user on Stackoverflow put a comment on a lot of users posts saying: Please don't forget to add a '?' to questions! Some people do a search in the page for '?' and if none exists ...
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