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This is the bullet template; it looks like this: [ • ]
It works like the HTML markup sequence: [ • ], that is, a non-breaking space, a bullet and a normal space.
This template is used when you want a larger bullet than a bold middot [·], but something smaller than an en dash [–].
This template's use for dotted lists is now deprecated. use {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} instead; see WP:HLIST.
The recommended usage is to use no space before the template and one space after the template, like this:
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[[Salt]]{{•}} [[Pepper]]Because the template contains a non-breaking space on the left side, the text will render one space on each side of the bullet, like this:
The purpose of this is to ensure that, if the line breaks, it will do so on the right side of the bullet.
If the template is used slightly wrong, it will, in some cases, still behave well. For instance, if there are no or several spaces after the template, like these examples:
[[Salt]]{{•}}[[Pepper]][[Salt]]{{•}} [[Pepper]]Both of them will render exactly as before, with just one space on each side of the bullet, like this:
And it will still only line break after the bullet, like this:
But putting one or more spaces before the template will cause problems, like these examples:
[[Salt]] {{•}}[[Pepper]][[Salt]] {{•}}[[Pepper]][[Salt]] {{•}} [[Pepper]][[Salt]] {{•}} [[Pepper]]Then it will render with two spaces before the bullet and one after, like this:
And if it line breaks it might break before the bullet, like this:
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The template makes a bullet. There are no optional or required parameters for this template. 'bull' or 'bullet' may be used as alternative template names.
The space before the bullet is a non-breaking space. That means it will not line break and will not collapse together with normal spaces that come before the template.
The space after the bullet is a normal space. That means it wraps (allows line breaks) and it will collapse together with normal spaces that come after the template to form one single space.
Under some circumstances, dotted link lists misbehave. They might get unexpected line wraps or they might expand outside the box they are enclosed in. The how-to guide: Wikipedia:Line-break handling, explains when that happens and how to fix it.
{{·}}.{{*}}{{bull}}{{bullet}}There are several other templates with similar stream formatting purposes and such (or related) functionality:
{{·}} – bold middot or (·){{spaced ndash}} – en dash or "–", a short dash{{\}} – for the occasional slash or "/" in lists (note that the template is a backslash because template names may not contain a slash){{Colorbull}} – a colored bullet, with an optional wikilink{{Asterisk}} – to display an asterisk character (*) at the start of a line of text{{sdot}} or " ⋅ "