+
+> It is probably the [[plugins/htmlscrubber]] plugin. -- [[Jon]]
+
+> htmlscrubber does strip these, because they look like
+> a html tag to it, not a html comment. (html comments start
+> with `<!--` .. of course, they get stripped too, because
+> they can be used to hide javascript..)
+>
+> Anyway, it makes sense for the htmlscrubber to strip server-side
+> includes because otherwise your wiki could be attacked
+> by them being added to it. If you want to use both the htmlscrubber and
+> SSI together, I'd suggest you modify the [[wikitemplates]]
+> and put the SSI on there.
+>
+> Ie, `page.tmpl` has a
+> div that the sidebar is put into; if you just replace
+> that with the SSI that includes your static sidebar,
+> you should be good to go. --[[Joey]]
+
+[[done]]