Bold, italics, links, pre can be embedded in lists.  Whitespace is optional before and after the - or # character.

!!!Unordered Lists

These lists are usually also refered to as bullet lists, however this term is misleading because with css you can format it as bold dashes as well...

Creole:
{{{
* Item 1
* Item 2
}}}

Recommended HTML:
{{{
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
</ul>
}}}

Output:
* Item 1
* Item 2

[WikiMatrix unordered list syntax comparison|http://www.wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=32]

!!!Ordered Lists
Creole:
{{{
# Item 1
# Item 2
}}}

Recommended HTML:
{{{
<ol>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
</ol>
}}}

Output:
# Item 1
# Item 2

!!! Nesting

Lists can be nested:

Creole:
{{{
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2.1
** Item 2.2
}}}

Recommended HTML:
{{{
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2
  <ul>
  <li>Item 2.1</li>
  <li>Item 2.2</li>
  </ul>
</li>
</ul>
}}}

Output:
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2.1
** Item 2.2

!!! Mixing

Nested lists can be mixed by repeating the list item character multiple times:

Creole:
{{{
* Item 1
* Item 2
## Item 2.1
## Item 2.2
}}}

Recommended HTML:
{{{
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2
  <ol>
  <li>Item 2.1</li>
  <li>Item 2.2</li>
  </ol>
</li>
</ul>
}}}

Output:
* Item 1
* Item 2
## Item 2.1
## Item 2.2

!!! Leading Whitespace

People like Alex argued against allowing leading whitespace, citing the markup for [Headings] as a counter example. People like Christoph, Alain and Radomir however reported that users will indent lists. The output then confuses non-technical people and requires a certain amount of handholding.

Note that leading whitespace has no effect on the nesting of the list item. The number list item character repetitions determines the nesting level.

Creole:
{{{
  * Item 1
  * Item 2
    **  Item 2.1
     ** Item 2.2
}}}

Recommended HTML:
{{{
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2
  <ul>
  <li>Item 2.1</li>
  <li>Item 2.2</li>
  </ul>
</li>
</ul>
}}}

Output:
* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2.1
** Item 2.2

!!! WikiMatrix

[WikiMatrix ordered list syntax comparison|http://www.wikimatrix.org/syntax.php?i=33]

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Also see: [All Markup]