Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 11 (section)

== Spacing between paragraphs ==

I have discovered today with the [[Stax]] entry that someone felt the spacing I added between paragraphs to make them readable was superfluous and removed them. I find it very hard to read articles from a design standpoint if you don't properly space between paragraphs. The only way to do this is to hit Enter three times between paragraphs instead of twice. However, no entries besides the ones I've worked on do this. Therefore, regardless of what I think about the readability issue, I should go back and remove the spacing I added from all entries I've edited, correct? This is also a question in my user page. thanks,
[[User:Bebop|Bebop]] 20:25, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

:Yes, the same standard formatting should be used on all pages.  Putting a single blank line between paragraphs makes the '''<nowiki><p>...</p></nowiki>''' HTML tags that surround paragraphs work correctly.  Putting an additional blank line adds an extra '''<nowiki><br /></nowiki>''' tag, which is superfluous, at least from an HTML perspective.

:If you don't like the amount of space between paragraphs, you can try editing your personal stylesheet ([[User:Bebop/monobook.css]] if you're using the default [[Special:Preferences|skin]], Monobook) to your liking.  Try adding this line:

 p { margin: 1.5em 0em }

:Make the number 1.5 smaller for less space between paragraphs, or larger for more.  In order to see the results of your change, you'll need to follow the instructions on that page to clear your cache after you save the change.

:Part of the reason you want to be consistent about style issues like the number of blank lines between paragraphs is so everybody can tweak their stylesheet as they prefer and achieve uniform results.  If you insert those extra spaces manually, you're forcing a certain style on everyone.  HTH[[User:Triskaideka|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&mdash;[[User:Triskaideka|Triskaideka]] 21:00, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
::Thanks, I have edited my stylesheet according to the above and am now going to renew the spacing on all entries I edited that way to be the one line space. At least I didn't edit anything only to do spacing and nothing else though. [[User:Bebop|Bebop]] 21:35, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)