# Edit Recent Posts to Display HTML-Tables with Markdown

Users have been using $$\rm\LaTeX$$'s array environment for displaying tables. For instance, in the MathJax Tutorial's "Table" section,

\begin{array}{c|c|c|c}
\style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Day}} & \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Credit}}
& \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Debit}} & \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Total}}\\\hline
0                                       & 0    & 0   & 10000 \\\hline
1                                       & 100  & 500 & 9600 \\\hline
2                                       & 0    & 400 & 10000 \\\hline
3                                       & 1000 & 500 & 10500
\end{array}

gives

$$\begin{array}{c|c|c|c} \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Day}} & \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Credit}} & \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Debit}} & \style{font-family:inherit}{\text{Total}}\\\hline 0 & 0 & 0 & 10000 \\\hline 1 & 100 & 500 & 9600 \\\hline 2 & 0 & 400 & 10000 \\\hline 3 & 1000 & 500 & 10500 \end{array}$$

Should we accept edits that convert recent posts (say, published within 2 days) containing tables rendered by $$\rm\LaTeX$$'s array environment into the corresponding Markdown syntax?

| Day | Credit | Debit | Total |
| --: | --: | --: | --: |
| 0 | 0    | 0   | 10000 |
| 1 | 100  | 500 | 9600 |
| 2 | 0    | 400 | 10000 |
| 3 | 1000 | 500 | 10500 |
Day Credit Debit Total
0 0 0 10000
1 100 500 9600
2 0 400 10000
3 1000 500 10500
• Why should we accept such edit suggestions? The array environment seems to suit the purpose just fine. If the only edit being suggested is to transform into markdown, then I think it ought to be rejected as providing "no improvement whatsoever." – amWhy Dec 31 '20 at 19:09