Is markdown formatting of articles possible on Scorum? 

Since there is no preview I suppose that it isn't working.

Let's try it out.

# This is title ie. heading 1

**This paragraph is bold**

*This paragraph is italic.*

This is simple table | header | 3rd column
--- | --- | ---
2nd row | 2nd cell | the end

[this is URL pointing nowhere]()

Enough for now. Let's see the results...

Ps: OK, I'll insert an image here for the article to have a decent cover ...

Beautiful cover image with a plastic bambi

Ps2: the article should look something like this.