# Why does the delete code now have pink background? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232 "2023-04-06T03:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/1 "2023-04-06T03:05:29Z")
Like this: ~~Why does the delete code now have strike through and pink background?~~ It used to just do strike-through, but now it’s got the pink background. How come? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/2 "2023-04-06T03:13:53Z")
You can also indicate strikethrough with /s ~~like this~~. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/3 "2023-04-06T03:14:09Z")
The delete code has been pink on the theme I use (Straight Dope Light) since the first day of Discourse. Note that it looks different on other themes. Back on vBulletin it was pure strikethough. @wolfpup has the right idea but muffed some of his formatting. You can do pure strikethough by doing ~~strikethrough~~ which gives ~~strikethrough~~. Or equivalently \strikethrough\ which also gives ~~strikethrough~~. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/4 "2023-04-06T03:15:28Z")
But I’ve not changed my theme. It’s changed for me within the past couple of weeks. Before, it was just a strike-through. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/5 "2023-04-06T03:19:22Z")
There was an update to Discourse a few days ago. It trashed our ability post youtubes with visible previews. Perhaps it’s connected to your experience as well. I’ve used the same theme since day 1 and don’t have any detailed idea how other themes look now or may have looked a month ago. I’ve fiddled with them in the past just enough to settle on one I like. But I’ll bet that recent update has something to do with the change you see. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/6 "2023-04-06T03:38:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > @wolfpup has the right idea but muffed some of his formatting. Suggesting that I muffed my formatting is sheer calumny! 😄 Actually, I had been having a nap (a privilege of being retired) and was posting from my tablet, with its crappy virtual keyboard, and that was just a quick and lazy way of indicating that text preceded by “s” in angle brackets and followed by “/s” in angle brackets would do the desired strike-through. As always, quoting the post in a reply would reveal the example formatting. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > But I’ll bet that recent update has something to do with the change you see. I believe the pink shading was indeed introduced in an update, but it’s older than the recent one. It’s been like that for quite a few months (at least, on the Straightdope theme I’m using). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/7 "2023-04-06T04:39:16Z")
When it started, it was just pink on the default theme. I actually used it for color. Since then, a strikethrough has been added. Fortunately, we now have Mathjax enabled. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/8 "2023-04-06T13:39:17Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … and that was just a quick and lazy way of indicating that text preceded by “s” in angle brackets and followed by “/s” in angle brackets would do the desired strike-through. … I would never have interpreted that sort of shorthand as meaning that. Silly me. I unreservedly and unconditionally withdraw my criticism of fine post, both expressed and implied. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/9 "2023-04-06T13:43:00Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > You can also indicate strikethrough with /s ~~like this~~. When I quote wolfpup, the quoted material has “like this” surrounded by two tildes on each side, so I’m unclear about the reference to a single slash-s and how you’d use that. I was told to use angle-bracket-s then the text to have the strikethru then angle-bracket-slash-s. Test One (slash-s at end) Hello world/s Test Two (anglebracket as taught) ~~Hello world~~ Test Three (double tildes) ~~Hello world~~ ETA: oh never freaking mind… I must’ve opened this tab longer ago than I realized ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/10 "2023-04-06T20:00:26Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > When I quote wolfpup, the quoted material has “like this” surrounded by two tildes on each side Are you sure about that? Because I definitely did not type that, I used “\” and “\”. If you’re actually seeing tildes it must in some strange way be a function of your theme. I’m using the Straightdope Light theme and when I quote that post, I see “\” and “\”. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/11 "2023-04-06T20:09:05Z")
Pretty sure: [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/3/3ef0f4f41890eeb174f1f31fc13aa284dbc4fdc7.jpeg) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/3/3ef0f4f41890eeb174f1f31fc13aa284dbc4fdc7.jpeg) ETA: using Sam’s Simple Theme here. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232/12 "2023-04-06T21:24:55Z")
Fascinating. I’m using the Straight Dope Light theme. When I attempt to quote the same post #2 as @AHunter3 just did, I see it with no tildes, but with \ and \ surrounding the _like this_ part. Examining the page source shows that post #2 is sent to my browser with angle-bracket s tags, not tildes.