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This help page explains how to create and edit '''lists''' on | This help page explains how to create and edit '''lists''' on USApedia. The wiki offers three types of lists: | ||
* unordered lists | * unordered lists | ||
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=== Paragraphs inside list items === | === Paragraphs inside list items === | ||
For simplicity, list items in pure wiki markup cannot be more complex than a basic paragraph. 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 prohibited by the policy on accessibility for people with disabilities, and is also problematic for machine analysis of the article, and for reuse of | For simplicity, list items in pure wiki markup cannot be more complex than a basic paragraph. 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 prohibited by the policy on accessibility for people with disabilities, and is also problematic for machine analysis of the article, and for reuse of USApedia content more generally. | ||
Paragraphs can be created inside list items by using the HTML {{tag|p}} (paragraph) element around the second and subsequent paragraphs, {{em|with no line breaks in the wikimarkup}}: | Paragraphs can be created inside list items by using the HTML {{tag|p}} (paragraph) element around the second and subsequent paragraphs, {{em|with no line breaks in the wikimarkup}}: | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:Line break handling]] — Covers among other things how to properly handle the line wrapping in horizontal link lists. | * [[Wikipedia:Line break handling]] — Covers among other things how to properly handle the line wrapping in horizontal link lists. | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Help desk]] — to ask questions about using lists in articles if you weren't able to find the information you need on this help page. | * [[Wikipedia:Help desk]] — to ask questions about using lists in articles if you weren't able to find the information you need on this help page. | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:USApedia editor help]] | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||