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This template can only be edited by administrators because it is transcluded onto one or more cascade-protected pages.

This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to <br /> separated lists, per WP:UBLIST and WP:PLIST

Usage

{{plainlist}} starts a plain (i.e. unbulleted) list, such as:

cat
dog
horse
cow
sheep
pig

It uses proper HTML list markup, which is more standards-compliant and more accessible than separating list items with <br />. Detailed reasons for using this template can be found at WP:UBLIST.

This template can be used with or without {{endplainlist}}. It is an alternative to {{unbulleted list}}, which performs the same function in a more concise but less wiki-style manner. Note that {{unbulleted list}} will work inside image captions, whereas {{plainlist}} does not.

Parameters

Controlling line-breaking

Template may be used with and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See for details.

Technical details

{{Plainlist}} works by constructing a div with the CSS class "plainlist" which has the styles listed in Template:Plainlist/styles.css.

Wikitext	Expanded template	HTML
{{Plainlist\| * Example 1 * Example 2 * Example 3 }}		<div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>Example 1</li> <li>Example 2</li> <li>Example 3</li> </ul> </div>

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 === Controlling line-breaking ===
-Template {{tlx|nbsp}} may be used with {{tlx|wbr}} and {{tlx|nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See {{slink|Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes}} for details.
+Template may be used with  and {{tlx|nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See  for details.
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-* Example 1
-* Example 2
-* Example 3
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-== Redirects ==
-* {{Template link|Bulletless list}}
-* {{Template link|PL}}
-* {{Template link|Plain list}}
-* {{tl|Startplainlist}}
-== See also ==
-* {{tl|unbulleted list}} – essentially the same but uses <code><nowiki>| ... | ... | ...</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>|* ... * ... * ...</nowiki></code>
-* {{tl|flatlist}} and {{tl|hlist}} (replacements for comma- or dash-separated lists)
-* {{tl|bulleted list}}
-* {{tl|indented plainlist}}
-* {{tl|ordered list}}
-* {{section link|Template:Infobox person#Inline lists}} for more information on creating lists within the Infobox family of templates, with examples in the following {{section link|Template:Infobox person#Examples|nopage=y}}
-{{navbox lists}}
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