Test of HTML in threads

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 4:46 pm

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 4:50 pm

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  Hello, me.

  Here’s an HTML table.

  <table>
  <tr><td>INAF 725</td> <td>Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr
  <tr><td>INAF 621</td> <td>Islamists, Elections, and Politics in the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr>
  </table>

  Here’s the same table in a code block:

  <table>
<tr><td>INAF 725</td> <td>Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr
<tr><td>INAF 621</td> <td>Islamists, Elections, and Politics in the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr>
</table>

  Here’s the same table in a shortcode code block:

  [code language="html"]
  <table>
  <tr><td>INAF 725</td> <td>Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr
  <tr><td>INAF 621</td> <td>Islamists, Elections, and Politics in the Middle East, Georgetown University</td></tr>
  </table>
  [/code]

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 4:52 pm

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  That looks good. In this case, I think the HTML in the code block worked the best. Here’s a screenshot: http://grab.by/mE3C

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm

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  And here’s a screenshot of what happens when I edit that table and save it (in the edit window it had replaced the code block with backticks):

  http://grab.by/mE40

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 4:56 pm

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  And finally, here’s what happens if I replace those backticks with the code block again:
  http://grab.by/mE4e

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  sirbrillig · Staff · May 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm

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  No matter how I try to edit it, I can’t seem to get the code block restored to its original glory.