Footnotes don't work in Wiki

[mwisnicki]

I copied the example from https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#footnotes to wiki page but it does not render.

However it does work in issues as below.

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Here is a simple footnote[^1].

A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].

[^1]: My reference. [^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces. This is a second line.

[binkley]

This is a long-standing problem with using GH-flavored Markdown in wikis. Is there a possible future fix to bring wiki Markdown in line for features with something like README.md?

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#footnotes:

My context: I'm working on an open source programming book using GitHub wiki pages for chapters, and would like to provide footnotes. A published version of the book would have footnotes, and I'd like the wiki pages readable by anyone to reflect this.

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[binkley]

@mwisnicki Have you heard any progress from GitHub on this outside this issue?

[mwisnicki]

No