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'''Indenting''' can help improve the layoutreadability of a discussion, making it much easier to read.understand Youwhere shouldone editor's comments end and another's begin. alwaysAlways indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The best way to indent is to place a [[Colon (punctuation)|colon]] (<ttkbd>:</ttkbd>) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you use, the furthermore indented the text will be.

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'''Indenting''' can help improve the layout of a discussion, making it much easier to read. You should always indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The best way to indent is to place a [[Colon (punctuation)|colon]] (<tt>:</tt>) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you use, the further indented the text will be.

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To create a list, add an [[Asterisk (punctuation)|asterisk]] (<ttkbd>*</ttkbd>) at the start of each point. This goes after any markup (<ttkbd>:</ttkbd>, <ttkbd>*</ttkbd>, or <ttkbd>#</ttkbd>) that werewas used in the preceding line. It will add a ''bullet point'' (•) to each line, like this:

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To create a list, add an [[Asterisk (punctuation)|asterisk]] (<tt>*</tt>) at the start of each point. This goes after any markup (<tt>:</tt>, <tt>*</tt>, or <tt>#</tt>) that were used in the preceding line. It will add a ''bullet point'' (•) to each line, like this:

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<tt><nowiki>:* First list item</nowiki></tt><br />

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