Censorship might be pushing it a bit...unless text disappears from posts for no reason, this is mearly trying to maintain readability.

However, the point that wrapping the entire bit of text in CODE instead of just the necessary parts is important, as the former case will make downloading the code that much harder. If the person feels that their post 'looks better' in fixed-width fonts, then they should be using PRE and TT tags for non-code parts, and CODE for code. They'll get just the same effect as if they used code, and and code they do have will be downloadable without extra luggage.

In the case for the editors, I think it's important that the introductary documentation that everyone is supposed to have read before posting (ha ha!) include the fact that posts might be edited, not for content (except in extreme cases), but for readibility if the CODE tag is misused.

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