I am now done with this post so please reply if you wish. If you suspect another trait might be bugged please mention it. I would like to look at. The above three traits seemed the most obviously bugged to me.

Quote Originally Posted by therother
Bold works fine. You were using "< " in a way that the board suspects might be html tags, which is a serious security worry for forums, and hence everything after it is removed. Just don't put anything directly after a < and you'll be fine.
Yes, I finally figured that out. Thanks.