This popped up in Adam Davis's revision to [this answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29233/playful-parodies-possibly-pose-plenty-perplexing-problems/29485#29485). Including the `http://stackoverflow.com` in the block quote seems to be creating a link that is never closed. Let's try to reproduce it here:

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> <http://stackoverflow.com>
> 
> 
> 

If the bug behaves as I suspect it does, this text will be part of the link. Well, that didn't do it, so forgive me as I include more of this text and try to pare it down to the problem...

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Here is the email trail and a few notes on what occurred when per Rich B:

Rich's account is changed from Chet Atwood to Rich B by stackoverflow team, then Rich received this email:

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> **SUBJECT:** your avatar  
> 
> **FROM:** stackoverflow team
>  Fri, Nov 6,
>  2009 at 11:26 AM  
> 
> **TO:** Chet Atwood  
> 
> **BODY**:  
> 
>  Please desist, or there will be
>  consequences.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> 
> 
> <http://stackoverflow.com>
> 
> 
> 

Rich responded:

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> **SUBJECT:** RE: your avatar  
> 
> **FROM:** Chet Atwood Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:58
>  PM  
> 
> **TO:** stackoverflow team
>  
> 
> 
> Please desist what, precisely?
> 
> 
> 

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Oh yeah, that did it.