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<div style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; padding:10px 0 20px 0;">'''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists|Lists]] are sometimes the best way to present information.'''</div>

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! style="background:#efefef; font-size:x-large;" | DO:
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| [[File:Green_check.png]] Be sure a list is the '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Lists_and_categories|best way]]''' to organize the data.
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| [[File:Green_check.png]] Follow the '''[[Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists#Content_policies|core content policies]]'''.
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| [[File:Green_check.png]] Provide context and criteria in a '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Lead_section_or_paragraph|lead]]'''.
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| [[File:Green_check.png]] '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Organization|Organize]]''' entries as appropriate.
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| [[File:Green_check.png]] Tag with '''[[Wikipedia:Template messages/Lists|template messages]]''' as appropriate.
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! style="background:#efefef; font-size:x-large;" | DON'T:
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' use a list where '''[[MOS:PROSE|prose]]''' would work better.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' create lists based on '''[[Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists#Selection_criteria|trivial criteria]]'''.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' leave '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Bulleted_and_numbered_lists|blank lines]]''' between list items.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' use a '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Bulleted_and_numbered_lists|numbered list]]''' unless the numbering is significant.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px]] '''Don't''' mix different '''[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists#Bulleted_and_numbered_lists|grammatical forms]]''' among list items.
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'''Also:'''
'''Do''' consider joining '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists|WikiProject Lists]]'''.</div>
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== See also ==
* [[Help:List]]
*[[Wikipedia:Pro and con lists]]
*[[Wikipedia:Simplified ruleset|Simple rule set]]
*[[Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style|Simple style manual]]
*[[Wikipedia:Styletips|Style tips]]
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{{Wikipedia dos and don'ts}}
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[[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]
[[Category:Wikipedia help]]
[[Category:Wikipedia lists|*]]
[[Category:Wikipedia essays about lists]]
[[Category:Wikipedia dos and don'ts]]

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