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:[[User:HughWilding|HughWilding]] 01:39, 16 November 2009 (PST)
== Line Breaks ==
As you know, I come from the blundering amateur school of editing. The '''<nowiki><br></nowiki>''' was a work-around which I started to use when I realised that the return key does not produce a line break. It does of course make a line break when viewed in edit mode and of late I have done that in external link lists so they are easier to read when you amend them. Have a look at the Chitral article in edit mode.
A double return produces a line space and this is fine as a paragraph maker in a block of text. However it is less satisfactory in an external link or field force list as they are quite clear single spaced and double spacing lengthens the page unnecessarily. My preference is to see everything on the page on screen at once. I accept that this wont be possible when viewed on your iPhone or Blackberry.
I already use bullet points for field force lists. I propose using indent colons for external link lists to retain the single spacing. Is that OK?
One other thing. Many months go I was told (I can't remember by whom) that the correct format for an external link is with the source after the link (e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral] Wikipedia). I have therefore gradually been altering my pages as I revisit them. Lately I have noticed other variants such as
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral], Wikipedia
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral Chitral] ''Wikipedia''
:[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/fullscreen.html?object=099 Schwartzberg Historical Atlas - Indian Mutiny Map]
Can we have a ruling again please?
BTW I am not in the least offended that you have raised this. It all helps us to be consistent. I am much more fussed however when you alter my Latin tags and introduce superfluous italics!
Regards --[[User:Symorsebrown|Sy]] 07:43, 16 November 2009 (PST)
