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A line break in the wikimarkup of a list item will end not just the item but the entire list, and reset the counter on ordered lists. Separating unordered list items with blank lines may look approximately normal on-screen, but it creates many separate one-item lists, which is a problem for people using screen readers and is discouraged by the ...
You saw an example of bulleted lists at the top of Figure 14-1, with wikitext in Figure 14-2. That's an embedded list, but the code is exactly the same for standalone lists. That kind of bulleted list created with asterisks is the oldest form of Wikipedia list, and it's still the most common for standalone lists, since it's so easy to use.
This navbox is intended for use at the bottom of the documentation pages of list-generating and -formatting templates. It takes no parameters. The above documentation is transcluded from Template:HTML lists/doc .
The template {} (for "list item dot") simulates, as closely as possible within the bounds of differences between browsers, the appearance of the bullet used by Wikipedia in unordered lists. Its variants {{ lidot2 }} and {{ lidot3 }} do the same, with minor enhancements for more consistent list appearance in certain cases, as documented below.
Use a bulleted (unordered) list by default, especially for long lists. Use a numbered (ordered) list only if there is a need to refer to items by number, the sequence of items is important, or the numbering exists in the real world (e.g., tracks on an album).
While editing, allows lexicographical sorting of bulleted (unordered) lists. 26: 9: Charinsert names : Show tooltips with the names of the characters in the Charinsert box below the editing area. N/A: N/A: CodeEditorAssist : Allows customizing the code editor, e.g. changing the color theme and enabling live autocompletion. 12: 8
To start a new list, just click on one of the two menu items shown here. Or, if you already have typed the list (on separate lines), select (highlight) the list you have typed, then click on one of the menu items. Shown here are examples of the two types of lists: unordered (bullet) and ordered (numbered).