Help:Wiki-numbered lists
The WIKI provides a feature for displaying auto-numbered lists. This is quite powerful and flexible, but has a few tricks to it.
Simple lists
Simple numbered lists start with a # character on each line/paragraph:
- First point
- Second Point
- Third Point
Each point may be an entire paragraph that displays as multiple lines.
- First point
- In this case I am making the "Second Point" much longer than either the "First Point" or the "Third Point" in order to demonstrate how a single point can wrap in display. Note that this point consists of more than a single sentence. Note how the subsequent lines are indented relative to the number.
- Third Point
Indented lists
A numbered list may be indented, perhaps as part of a threaded exchange:
Top Level
- Second level response.
- Third level, after which will follow a third level numbered list.
- First point
- Second Point
- Third Point
- Third level, after which will follow a third level numbered list.
Sub lists
An item in a numbered list may have sub-lists under it:
- First point
- Sub-point 1.1
- Sub-point 1.2
- Sub-point 1.3
- Second Point
- Sub-point 2.1
- Sub-point 1.2
- Sub-point 1.3
- Third Point
An item in a numbered list may have bulleted comments under it:
- First point
- Sub-point A
- Sub-point B
- Sub-point C
- Second Point
- Sub-point D
- Sub-point E
- Sub-point F
- Third Point
An item in a numbered list may have un-bulleted indented comments under it:
- First point
- Sub-point A
- Sub-point B
- Sub-point C
- Second Point
- Sub-point D
- Sub-point E
- Sub-point F
- Third Point
Pretty much any combination of bullets, indents, and further numbered lists can be present, provided that the # characters remain to indicate that the numbering should continue:
Inital comment
- Indented response
- Indented rejoinder, which will be followed by a numbered list
- First point
- Sub-point A
- Response to sub-point A
- Alpha: Bulleted parts of response to A
- Beta: Bulleted parts of response to A
- Gamma: Bulleted parts of response to A
- Response to sub-point A
- Sub-point B
- Response to sub-point B, including a second numbered list
- Item one of response to B
- Item two of response to B
- Item three of response to B
- Response to sub-point B, including a second numbered list
- Sub-point C
- Sub-point A
- Second Point
- Sub-point D
- Sub-point E
- Sub-point F
- Third Point
- First point
- Indented rejoinder, which will be followed by a numbered list
Breaking the number sequence
If a blank line occurs, the numbering starts over
- First point
- Second Point
- Third Point
Similarly, a bulleted list or indented comment that does not include the # symbol causes the numbering to restart at the next #
- First point
- Sub-point A
- Sub-point B
- Sub-point C
- Second Point
- Sub-point D
- Sub-point E
- Sub-point F
- Third Point
- First point
- Sub-point A
- Sub-point B
- Sub-point C
- Second Point
- Sub-point D
- Sub-point E
- Sub-point F
- Third Point