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@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ screen readers), as detailed in [this Stack Overflow discussion][].
> If so, please report that as a MultiMarkdown bug, not an ikiwiki bug,
> or alternatively don't use MultiMarkdown.
>
+> The recommended backend for the [[plugins/mdwn]] plugin is
+> [[!cpan Text::Markdown::Discount]], which optionally implements
+> footnotes using the same syntax as MultiMarkdown (originating in
+> "PHP Markdown Extra"). However, ikiwiki doesn't currently enable
+> that particular feature. Maybe it should, at least via a site-wide
+> option.
+>
> What remains after eliminating the MultiMarkdown bug seems to be:
> ikiwiki's default stylesheet does not contain the necessary styling
> to work around the non-semantic markup produced by the non-default