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Programmers will be next in line for this feature
– gnat
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 11:36
Surely this could apply as written to any meta e.g. MSO as well as MSE.
– Robert Longson
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 12:50
@RobertLongson On normal metas (like MSO), the 5 rep requirement to post takes care of most crap questions.
– yannis
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 13:00
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We could certainly use this (or something like this) @gnat.
– yannis
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 13:00
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@Robert also, in per site meta it's very rare to have such off topic questions as far as I can tell, I guess that not even one in a day.
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 13:04
How would you limit it to a particular custom close reason, though? That's the sticky part.
– Nathan Tuggy
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 18:41
@Nathan leaving this up to the team... believe they can find a way. (It's not a custom reason, it's pre-defined in the system)
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Feb 22, 2016 at 18:43

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)
<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

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