This reverts commit ab9bc19e. Didn't work on our GitLab instance.
I think that **Note:** instead of .. note:: could work as a workaround to at least mark the area.
**Note:**
.. note::
Btw if you edit the file in the web interface you can preview the markdown.
Indeed, Edit > Edit single file comes with a preview. I had clicked on the link to the IDE where I could not find a preview.