We have already complained about the posting limits (i.e. wiki formatting is lost if message exceeds 2,500 characters) and I've also mentioned the difference between preview and actual posting (see ). The latter is especially annoying, because even if you know about the limit, the preview won't necessarily show the right formatting for "borderline cases".
If you're interested in some further community suggestions on what could be changed, take a look at the complete thread. But be warned, it's quite lengthy...
I'm not quite sure why your answer lacks the formatting though. When I count the characters I get 2,407 (looking at HTML source) and I have only seen comments on loosing formatting when exceeding 2,500 characters. However, I know that for my "borderline postings" I sometimes check character count and even below 2,500 I seem to get into trouble.
Even though that sounds silly, I'm sometimes wondering if the 2,500 character limit refers to the final, expanded message (i.e. after translating the wiki formatting into proper html tags). But in the end I suspect only somebody with some application insight can explain this seemingly wacky behavior.
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