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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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== 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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== 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}} | ||