Difference between revisions of "Lists"
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| + | === Numbered lists === | ||
| + | Similar to the above, use a # symbol to obtain a numbered list: | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | ! Wikitext | ||
| + | ! Appearance | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | <pre> | ||
| + | == Title of list == | ||
| + | # Example 1 | ||
| + | # Example 2 | ||
| + | # Example 3 | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | | style="white-space:nowrap; padding:1em;" | <div style="padding-top:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.17em; border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; font-size:150%; margin-bottom:0.6em;"> Title of list </div> | ||
| + | # Example 1 | ||
| + | # Example 2 | ||
| + | # Example 3 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | Blank lines between items of an ordered list will not only cause the same problems as in the previous example, but will also restart the numbering at "1". | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 30 August 2013
General rules
- Do not use lists if text is read easily as plain paragraphs.
- Use proper wikimarkup.
- Do not leave blank lines between items in a bulleted or numbered list unless there is a reason to do so, since this causes the Wiki software to interpret each item as beginning a new list.
- Use numbers rather than bullets only if:
- a need to refer to the elements by number may arise;
- the sequence of the items is critical; or
- the numbering has some independent meaning.
- Use the same grammatical form for all elements in a list, and do not mix sentences and sentence fragments as elements.
- When the elements are complete sentences, each one is formatted with sentence case (its first letter is capitalized) and a final period (full stop).
Bulleted lists
| Wikitext | Appearance |
|---|---|
== Title of list == * Example 1 * Example 2 * Example 3 |
Title of list
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In particular, do not double-space the lines of the list by leaving blank lines or extra HTML <br> tags after them, as in this example:
| Wikitext | Appearance |
|---|---|
== Title of list == * Example 1 * Example 2 * Example 3 |
Title of list
|
Numbered lists
Similar to the above, use a # symbol to obtain a numbered list:
| Wikitext | Appearance |
|---|---|
== Title of list == # Example 1 # Example 2 # Example 3 |
Title of list
|
Blank lines between items of an ordered list will not only cause the same problems as in the previous example, but will also restart the numbering at "1".
