What HTML tags are allowed within comments?

Currently we allow the following HTML tags in comments. To learn what they do, take a look at the W3C's HTML elements reference.

Single tags

These tags can be used alone and don't need an ending tag.

• <br> Defines a single line break

Matching tags

These require an ending tag, e.g., <i>italic text</i>

• <a> Defines an anchor
• <b> Defines bold text
• <blockquote> Defines a long quotation
• <caption> Defines a table caption
• <cite> Defines a citation
• <code> Defines computer code text
• <i> Defines italic text
• <p> Defines a paragraph
• <pre> Defines preformatted text
• <samp> Defines sample computer code text
• <span> Defines a section in a document
• <s> Defines strikethrough text
• <strike> Defines strikethrough text
• <strong> Defines strong text
• <u> Defines underlined text

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