Please don't let the lack of social skills of a few discourage you too
greatly.
On the other hand, many experienced programmers find the kind of comment
block formatting you are doing to be both excessive and hard to maintain.
At the very least, consider leaving the right side of the comment box open
rather than closed. Many editors can reflow text with comment characters
on the left, making updates relatively painless. But closed-box comments
require additional effort and/or tools to maintain, which hinders their
usefulness.
