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    I edit these out if I'm fixing something else with a post. With italics and bold and headings for emphasis and line-breaks etc there isn't really any need to have anything else and it just makes the post more difficult to read. Commented Jun 8, 2012 at 14:00
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    background task doesn't look like valid code at all. But I think the added clarity of the code spans shou ld not be over looked. Commented Jun 8, 2012 at 14:03
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    Interesting; usually I encounter it the other way around โ€” the poster uses emphasis to indicate code. Commented Jun 8, 2012 at 17:12
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    Who are the people approving these edits? Do the approvers have the same writing style as the editors? Then I wouldn't be surprised. Either way, these edits are invalid and should be rejected outright (and reverted if approved). Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 7:56
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    I'm also looking at the people who use inline code spans as inline quotes in comments. Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 7:56
  • @BoltClock I don't know where the idea came from in the first place; it seems crappy to me, and many people seem to think it is a good idea. (They do seem concentrated in South Asia, but that might just be due to the time of day I tend to do edit reviews.) Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 19:11
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    I've been so bothered by this nonsense (people suggesting edits and people approving such suggestions) that I've opened a question: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137755/… You should follow the links there, though, because my proposal isn't all that great. I guess I was just trying to make a point :) Commented Jun 28, 2012 at 5:05
  • Related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141089/… Commented Feb 14, 2013 at 3:12
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    Related: Please โ€˜neverโ€™ use ๐š–๐š˜๐š—๐š˜๐šœ๐š™๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šก๐š or ห‹backticksห‹ for emphasis. Thatโ€™s what italics are for, amongst other things. And go easy on the bold, too, while youโ€™re at it. Commented Jun 2, 2014 at 16:21
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    Related: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/q/7437 Commented Jan 11, 2015 at 0:56
  • Related: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/256333 Commented May 21 at 19:56