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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:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="float:right;"

[[Image:Indenting_markup.png|thumb|link=|268px|right|An example of indented discussion.]]

|-

|

This is aligned all the way to the left.

:This is indented slightly.

::This is indented more.

|-

|An example of an indented discussion.

|}

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(The colons will not show up on the page itself, just while editing.)

To create a list, use an [[Asterisk (punctuation)|asterisk]] (<tt>*</tt>) after the last colon (<tt>:</tt>) to create a ''bullet point'' for that line.

[[Image:Bullet_markup.png|thumb|253px|right|link=|An example of a bullet list in a discussion.]]

To create a list, use an [[Asterisk (punctuation)|asterisk]] (<tt>*</tt>) after the last colon (<tt>:</tt>) to create a ''bullet point'' for that line.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="float:right;"

|-

|

:*First list item

:*Second list item

::*Sub-list item under second

:*Third list item

|-

[[Image:Bullet_markup.png|thumb|253px|right|link=|An example of a bullet list in a discussion.]]

|}

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