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''Title of list:'' example 1, example 2, example 3 Title of list: example 1, example 2, example 3 This style requires less space on the page, and is preferred if there are only a few entries in the list, it can be read easily, and a direct edit point is not required. The list items should start with a lowercase letter unless they are proper nouns.
A common practice is to entitle list articles as List of ___ (for example List of Xs).If (as is often the case), the list has multiple columns and so is in layout table form, the name or title List of Xs is still preferable to Table of Xs or Comparison of Xs (though the latter may be appropriate for articles that are actual tables of data comparing numerous features, e.g. Comparison of Linux ...
Stand-alone lists (also referred to as list articles) are articles composed of one or more embedded lists, or series of items formatted into a list.Many stand-alone lists identify their content's format in their titles, beginning with descriptors such as "List of" (List of sovereign states), "Timeline of" (Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic), or similar.
For example, List of compositions by Franz Schubert, or, if appropriate, red links. See WP:Write the article first. List items can be manually sorted using a variety of methods. An article can appear several times or in different ways in the same list. List items can be linked to specific sections of articles.
List items should be formatted consistently in a list. Unless there is a good reason to use different list types in the same page, consistency throughout an article is also desirable. Use sentence case by default for list items, whether they are complete sentences or not. Sentence case is used for around 99% of lists on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia has thousands of lists of things; some are even lists of other lists. This is a non-comprehensive list of such lists, arranged by item type (not all of which are physical). For the highest quality lists, see Wikipedia:Featured lists.
Particularly if the second language is English, provide the second title, but also provide the main title. From the article on the photographer Bishin Jumonji: Ran no fune (『蘭の舟』) / Orchid Boat. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1981. The title alone is in English as well as Japanese: all the text is in Japanese only.