[thelist] list question

Julian Rickards julian.rickards at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 15:54:27 CDT 2009


I wish my wif'e's To Do lists contained only one item.

In your example, which was a very good one, I believe that a list can
contain one item because as you showed, other lists on the page contained
more than one item so I think it is perfectly fine that one particular list
contained only one item. However, if all lists contained just one item, then
I believe another arrangement (heading/paragraph) should be used instead.

In this case, it leaves the option open for adding other items as needed.

My 2 cents,

Jules

2009/7/17 Susan Payne <Susan.Payne at cpa.state.tx.us>

> Can a list have only one item? Is it truly a list at this point? In my
> example there's  a page with a department's responsibilities, each
> listing details (as a ul)  of that responsibility. Example
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> What this dept. does:
>
> Train agency staff
>
> *       Teaches system-specific and policy administration classes that
> help designated agency personnel understand systems functionality and
> the policies behind those systems.
> *       Teaches year-end classes to help agencies roll their data to the
> new fiscal year or complete their calendar year-end reporting.
> *       Teaches specialized classes by request.
>
> Define and disseminate policies and procedures
>
> *       Drafts rules for state payroll and personnel administration and
> related policies agencies must follow. The Legislature gives our agency
> rule-making authority for specific statutes.
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> A list is a list is a list, right? If you have a to-do-list but only one
> thing on it, does it cease to be a list? Then do you have a to-do
> paragraph? A writer here asked to 'remove the bullet' as there was only
> one. I suspect she's coming from more of a formatting standpoint and I'm
> thinking more semantically. I feel the last bullet shouldn't be a
> paragraph  b/c it's still a listing of details on that item.
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> And getting more complicated. . .the subheaders (train agency staff) are
> h3s and should probably be list items as well, huh?
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> What a mess.
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