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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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The example below shows some text as it would appear when making a comment, while the box on the right shows how it would look once the comments are saved to the article:

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! style="width: 50%;" | You type

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: <tt><nowiki>This is aligned all the way to the left.</nowiki></tt><br />

: <tt><nowiki>: </nowiki>This is indented slightly.</nowiki></tt><br />

: <tt><nowiki>:: </nowiki>This is indented more.</nowiki></tt><br />

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This is aligned all the way to the left.

:This is indented slightly.

::This is indented more.

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: <tt>This is aligned all the way to the left.</tt>

: <tt><nowiki>: </nowiki>This is indented slightly.</tt>

: <tt><nowiki>:: </nowiki>This is indented more.</tt>

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

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! style="width: 50%;" | You type

! style="width: 50%;" | You get

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

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

: <tt><nowiki>::* </nowiki>Sub-list item under second</nowiki></tt><br />

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

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

: <tt><nowiki>::* </nowiki>Sub-list item under second</tt>

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

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