Why do some star out the e on the word vegan on Y!A V&V?!
Answers: They spell it v*gan... Is this just some kind of slang/shorthand? Or is there a specific reason?
'Veg*n' is shorthand for 'vegetarian and/or vegan', that's all. So if someone asks a question addressed to veg*ns, they want replies from both vegetarians and vegans (it's the A, not the E, that's missed out).
The abbreviation is actually veg*n and it doesn't refer to vegans, per se, but to vegans and vegetarians collectively. The * is a "wild" character that subs for the "a" in vegan and the "etaria" in vegetarian. We use it when we're referring to both (or aren't being specific which we're referring to.) It's just less typing, that's all.
Maybe they can't spell