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Lists present similar information in bulleted, enumerated, or definition format. Lists may be embedded in articles or may be stand-alone articles. Lists should have a self-explanatory title, and a lead-in description with further explanation as required. Lists, categories, and navigation templates are synergistic.
It is also possible to present short lists using very basic formatting, such as: ''Title of list:'' example 1, example 2, example 3 Title of list: example 1, example 2, example 3 This style requires less space on the page, and is preferred if there are only a few entries in the list, it can be read easily, and a direct edit point is not required.
The box near the top of the article, with text that begins "Places in Alabama", is there because the underlying wikitext includes the template {{List of places in Alabama}}. That template also appears at the top of the other five lists (A-C, I-K, L-N, O-R, and S-Z) that comprise a single list. This navigational template makes it easy for the ...
This template is used on approximately 75,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
Lightweight markup languages can be categorized by their tag types. Like HTML (<b>bold</b>), some languages use named elements that share a common format for start and end tags (e.g. BBCode [b]bold[/b]), whereas proper lightweight markup languages are restricted to ASCII-only punctuation marks and other non-letter symbols for tags, but some also mix both styles (e.g. Textile bq.
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 .
Definition lists are created with the wikimarkup ; to define a definition list and : to define the item in the list. This diagnostic results when the : is missing. Indentation is created using the : markup. This creates a definition list with no child element. T6521; This also occurs when ; is misused to bold a line. Use the wikimarkup ''' to ...
The numbered line can be indented further by prepending a pound sign ## or two ### or three #### or such, for more indentation, each of which creates a new enumerated list. Template:Indent and other templates offer an accessible-friendly means of creating visual indentations without creating other lists.