Difference between revisions of "Lists"
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| + | '''Lists''' are used to better structure text that is unsuitable as a paragraph. | ||
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== General rules == | == General rules == | ||
* Do not use lists if text is read easily as plain paragraphs. | * Do not use lists if text is read easily as plain paragraphs. | ||
* Use proper wikimarkup. | * 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. | * 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 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). | ||
* Use numbers rather than bullets only if: | * Use numbers rather than bullets only if: | ||
** a need to refer to the elements by number may arise; | ** a need to refer to the elements by number may arise; | ||
** the sequence of the items is critical; or | ** the sequence of the items is critical; or | ||
** the numbering has some independent meaning. | ** the numbering has some independent meaning. | ||
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| − | + | == Bulleted lists == | |
| − | {| class="wikitable" | + | {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
|+Good example | |+Good example | ||
! scope="col" | Wikitext | ! scope="col" | Wikitext | ||
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In particular, '''do not double-space the lines of the list''' by leaving blank lines or extra HTML <nowiki><br></nowiki> tags after them, as in this example: | In particular, '''do not double-space the lines of the list''' by leaving blank lines or extra HTML <nowiki><br></nowiki> tags after them, as in this example: | ||
| − | {| class="wikitable" | + | {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
|+Bad example | |+Bad example | ||
! scope="col" | Wikitext | ! scope="col" | Wikitext | ||
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| − | + | ==Numbered lists== | |
Similar to the above, use a # symbol to obtain a numbered list: | Similar to the above, use a # symbol to obtain a numbered list: | ||
| − | {| class="wikitable" | + | {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |
! Wikitext | ! Wikitext | ||
! Appearance | ! Appearance | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 9 September 2013
Lists are used to better structure text that is unsuitable as a paragraph.
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 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).
- 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.
Bulleted lists
| Wikitext | Appearance |
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== 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 |
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== 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 |
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== Title of list == # Example 1 # Example 2 # Example 3 |
Title of list
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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".
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