Michael

So, how can I report this as spam?

that decodes as (with a space added in the URL):
[Code moderated. Please do not post hack code blocks in the forums. Please use the pastebin]

If you are having trouble with wordpress screwing up your HTML comments, maybe some “intelligent” formatting is to blame.

Lines 56 and 57 of /wp-includes/formatting.php

before:
$static_characters = array_merge(array('---', ' -- ', '--', ' - ', 'xn–', '...', '‘, ‘\’s’, ‘\’\”, ‘ ™’), $cockney);
$static_replacements = array_merge(array(‘—’, ‘ — ‘, ‘–’, ‘ – ‘, ‘xn--‘, ‘…’, $opening_quote, ‘’s’, $closing_quote, ‘ ™’), $cockneyreplace); `

after:
$static_characters = array_merge(array(/*'---', ' -- ', '--',*/ ' - ', 'xn–', '...', '‘, ‘\’s’, ‘\’\”, ‘ ™’), $cockney);
$static_replacements = array_merge(array(/*’—’, ‘ — ‘, ‘–’, */’ – ‘, ‘xn--‘, ‘…’, $opening_quote, ‘’s’, $closing_quote, ‘ ™’), $cockneyreplace);`

Of course, you won’t get fancy – (& # 8211 ?? characters when you put in double hyphens. But honestly, I don’t care.

Bah, and now it’s being too fancy here too. Just look those lines up.

(Also, why is there not a preview function?)

As per: folkspants.com/wordpress/theming/remove-paragraph-tags-from-your-wordpress-posts-so-your-media-stays-put
Comment out line 110 of wp-includes/default-filters.php :

add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘wpautop’ );