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Official documentation for Markdown[edit]

Where can I find the official documentation for Markdown? --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 01:51, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Puzzledvegetable: There are some links in the article. Here is one: [1] It may depend on which flavor of Markdown you want to know about, it seems there are several variations according to the article. RudolfRed (talk) 22:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are a lot of different dialects. An attempt to unify them that's gotten some traction is at commonmark.org. 2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D (talk) 08:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which flavor of markdown is used on Github to create the README? --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 13:42, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Puzzledvegetable: I don't know for sure, but my guess is Markdown#GitHub_Flavored_Markdown_(GFM). This is a superset of CommonMark mentioned above. Read more about it here: [2] RudolfRed (talk) 15:40, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]