We used to use Markdown until about 2013 but it created many problems with copied/pasted content (loss of formatting) so went to Textile – see Posting Tips.
Both formatters were modified anyway but whatever you do you end up with a heavily hacked version, to support things like auto youtube/vimeo link processing… There are still some issues with URL identification if the URL contains round brackets etc… for those you have to use the link mode
Reasons why documents should be written in MarkDown
Sure!
Can everyone please try to do these using the built-in method, where you use an asterisk: *
It is in the Posting Tips.
This
gives you
Note the blank lines; they are required.
The result looks a lot neater.
If you want to insert an actual asterisk into a post, it is here.