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{{main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists}} | {{main|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists}} | ||
''Embedded lists'' are lists used within articles to present information that supplements the article's prose content. Wikipedia also uses several types of [[ | ''Embedded lists'' are lists used within articles to present information that supplements the article's prose content. Wikipedia also uses several types of [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Layout#Standard appendices and footers|standard appendices]], usually in list format, including "See also", "References", and "External links" sections, as well as [[Wikipedia:WP:NAV|navigational templates]]. | ||
== Purposes of lists == | == Purposes of lists == | ||
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Note the capitalization of only the first word in this list (but words that are normally capitalized would still be capitalized). This applies regardless of the separator used between the list type and the entries themselves—whether it is a comma or an infobox divider. | Note the capitalization of only the first word in this list (but words that are normally capitalized would still be capitalized). This applies regardless of the separator used between the list type and the entries themselves—whether it is a comma or an infobox divider. | ||
== Bulleted and numbered lists == | == Bulleted and numbered lists == | ||
* Do not use lists if a passage is read easily as plain paragraphs. | * Do not use lists if a passage is read easily as plain paragraphs. | ||
* Use proper wikimarkup- or template-based list code ''(see also [[Help:List]])''. | * Use proper wikimarkup- or template-based list code ''(see also [[Wikipedia:Help: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. | * 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 any of the following apply: | * Use numbers rather than bullets only if any of the following apply: | ||
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== Pro and con lists == | == Pro and con lists == | ||
{{See also|Wikipedia:Pro and con lists}} | {{hatnote|See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Pro and con lists|Wikipedia:Pro and con lists]]}} | ||
These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[libertarianism]] or [[evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose. | These are lists of arguments for and against a particular contention or position. They include lists of ''Advantages and disadvantages'' of a technology or proposal (such as [[Wikipedia:Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi]]) and lists of ''Criticisms and defenses'' of a political position or other view, such as [[Wikipedia:Libertarianism|libertarianism]] or [[Wikipedia:Evolution|evolution]]. Pro and con lists can encapsulate or bracket [[Wikipedia:WP:NPOV|neutrality]] problems in an article by creating separate spaces in which different points of view can be expressed. An alternative method is to thread different points of view into running prose. | ||
Either method needs careful judgment as to whether and how it should be used. In particular, pro and con lists can fragment the presentation of facts, create a binary structure where a more nuanced treatment of the spectrum of facts is preferable, encourage oversimplification, and require readers to jump back and forth between the two sides of the list. | Either method needs careful judgment as to whether and how it should be used. In particular, pro and con lists can fragment the presentation of facts, create a binary structure where a more nuanced treatment of the spectrum of facts is preferable, encourage oversimplification, and require readers to jump back and forth between the two sides of the list. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:List dos and don'ts]] (information page summarizing the key points in this guideline) | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:List dos and don'ts|Wikipedia:List dos and don'ts]] (information page summarizing the key points in this guideline) | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Line-break handling]] – Covers among other things how to properly handle the line wrapping in horizontal link lists | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Line-break handling|Wikipedia:Line-break handling]] – Covers among other things how to properly handle the line wrapping in horizontal link lists | ||
* [[Help:Sorting]] – Tables on | * [[Wikipedia:Help:Sorting]] – Tables on the UniWiki can be made sortable with <code>class="sortable"</code>, this page explains how | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists]] | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists|Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists]] | ||
* [[ | * [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Embedded lists]] | ||
* [[ | * [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages]] – Disambiguation pages are lists of [[Wikipedia:Homograph|homographs]]—a word or a group of words that share the same written form but have different meanings—with their own page rules and layouts | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||