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Create Nested Lists in Your wikiHow Articles



At times, a long wikiHow article can be organized and more easily understood with nested lists. They are created with number signs (#) and asterisks (*). The left side of this page shows the text and the right side of the page shows the markup. Here are some ideas:

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Bulleted List

  • Text for a bulleted list.
    • Text for second level.
      • Text for third level, etc.
 
* Text for a bulleted list.
** Text for second level.
*** Text for third level, etc.

Mixed List

  • Create mixed lists  
    1. and nest them
      • like this
    2. another second level
 
* Create mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this
*# another second level

Numbered List

Click here for a numbered list.

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