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A three-bullet situation (<nowiki>***</nowiki>) usually indicates a comment on the item above it which has two bullets. This is a sign that that the list is heading toward [[Thread Mode]] (discussion). That's not a good thing. The trope lists are not discussions. Discussions take place on the discussion pages or in the forums. However, three-bullet situations sometimes are legit. Rarely. If you find yourself needing a third level of indentation, take a look at using a [[ |
A three-bullet situation (<nowiki>***</nowiki>) usually indicates a comment on the item above it which has two bullets. This is a sign that that the list is heading toward [[Thread Mode]] (discussion). That's not a good thing. The trope lists are not discussions. Discussions take place on the discussion pages or in the forums. However, three-bullet situations sometimes are legit. Rarely. If you find yourself needing a third level of indentation, take a look at using a [[Help:Formatting|header]], instead. |
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A legitimate three-bullet situation might look something like this: |
A legitimate three-bullet situation might look something like this: |
Revision as of 23:56, 10 August 2016
There has been some confusion about how a list of examples, or anything else, should be indented/bulleted. Here we go with an answer.
On a works page, for example, we have a list of trope names. These get one bullet (*). If there is more than one example of the trope in the work, each of them gets two bullets (**) on their own line. If there is only one example, it goes on the line with the trope title. For example, this:
* Trope Name: In episode "The Episode" (1x1), Alice uses this trope to ... * Another Trope: ** In "Another Episode" (1x2), Alice bangs it out ** In "Yet Another Episode" (1x3), Bob subverts it
results in:
- Trope Name: In episode "The Episode" (1x1), Alice uses this trope to ...
- Another Trope:
- In "Another Episode" (1x2), Alice bangs it out
- In "Yet Another Episode" (1x3), Bob subverts it
In a situation where the text of a bullet is too long, or needs a paragraph break for some other reason, we don't add the text in with another bullet (**), we use the ":" markup to make the next paragraph indent to match that of the previous. Start a new line to add a new paragraph, and put one colon for each bullet level you need to match on the beginning of the line. Like this:
* Yet Another Trope: ** In "Finale" (1x13), Alice bangs it out at great length. ::So much length, we need multiple paragraphs to explain the length. ** In "Finale" (1x13), Bob subverts it. That's what he does. He's subversive.
which produces this:
- Yet Another Trope:
- In "Finale" (1x13), Alice bangs it out at great length.
- So much length, we need multiple paragraphs to explain the length.
- In "Finale" (1x13), Bob subverts it. That's what he does. He's subversive.
(Some users may see two bullets next to each other on that last line. This is a MediaWiki artifact that we are endeavoring to circumvent. Please bear with us.)
Let's say Carol and Susan and Alice and Bob are two shows. Each should have a separate first-bullet point. Like this:
- Alice and Bob: This trope is used when...
- Carol and Susan: This trope is used when...
On a trope page, you will sometimes run into a situation where you want to list multiple examples from the same media or series. Don't list one example, and then indent the others under it. Instead, use:
- Alice and Bob:
- In episode 2, this trope occurs when...
- In episode 21, this trope occurs again when...
Or:
- Alice and Bob Trilogy:
- In Alice Alone, the trope is seen...
- In Bob Meets Alice, we see the trope again when...
A three-bullet situation (***) usually indicates a comment on the item above it which has two bullets. This is a sign that that the list is heading toward Thread Mode (discussion). That's not a good thing. The trope lists are not discussions. Discussions take place on the discussion pages or in the forums. However, three-bullet situations sometimes are legit. Rarely. If you find yourself needing a third level of indentation, take a look at using a header, instead.
A legitimate three-bullet situation might look something like this:
- Alice and Bob Franchise:
- Alice Meets Bob: The trope is in full effect in the opening sequence, when...
- Alice Vs. Bob: The Reckoning:
- When Bob is walking up to Alice...
- In the background of the bar scene, you can see...
- Alice, Bob, and Carol: In an echo of Alice Meets Bob...