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-Documentation goes here.
+'''Tree list''' is a simple template that calls upon some CSS in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] to change the appearance of bulleted lists so that they have continuous connected lines. This makes hierarchical relationships much easier to follow with the eye. You open a tree list by simply invoking the template and then typing a bullet list, but make sure to close the list with [[Template:Tree list/end]] afterward.
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list}}</nowiki>
+ * The CEO
+ ** VP of Manufacturing
+ *** Assembly line supervisor
+ **** Assembly line worker 1
+ **** Assembly line worker 2
+ ** VP of Sales
+ *** Regional sales manager
+ **** Salesman 1
+ **** Salesman 2
+ **** Salesman 3
+ **** Salesman 4
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list/end}}</nowiki>
+:'''''yields:'''''
+{{Tree list}}
+* The CEO
+** VP of Manufacturing
+*** Assembly line supervisor
+**** Assembly line worker 1
+**** Assembly line worker 2
+** VP of Sales
+*** Regional sales manager
+**** Salesman 1
+**** Salesman 2
+**** Salesman 3
+**** Salesman 4
+{{Tree list/end}}
+Now, what if you want to show a node as a child of a previous parent in the list, not the parent of the current list of children? You invoke [[Template:Tree list/branching]]. The three asterisks before the call to branching means "End the list of children of the last third-level parent".
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list}}</nowiki>
+ * The CEO
+ ** VP of Manufacturing
+ *** Assembly line supervisor
+ **** Assembly line worker 1
+ **** Assembly line worker 2
+ ** VP of Sales
+ *** Regional sales manager
+ **** Salesman 1
+ **** Salesman 2
+ **** Salesman 3
+ **** Salesman 4
+ *** <nowiki>{{Tree list/branching}}</nowiki>
+ **** Corporate spy 1
+ **** Corporate spy 2
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list/end}}</nowiki>
+:'''''yields:'''''
+{{Tree list}}
+* The CEO
+** VP of Manufacturing
+*** Assembly line supervisor
+**** Assembly line worker 1
+**** Assembly line worker 2
+** VP of Sales
+*** Regional sales manager
+**** Salesman 1
+**** Salesman 2
+**** Salesman 3
+**** Salesman 4
+*** {{Tree list/branching}}
+**** Corporate spy 1
+**** Corporate spy 2
+{{Tree list/end}}
+However if you want to show the children on this level as belonging to an even higher-level parent, this does not seem to be possible without visual glitches. This is only an issue if you're committed to the idea of showing children at a specified level of indentation. The solution is to bump up the children a level. Note the reduction in asterisks to both the branching call and the subsequent employees.
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list}}</nowiki>
+ * The CEO
+ ** VP of Manufacturing
+ *** Assembly line supervisor
+ **** Assembly line worker 1
+ **** Assembly line worker 2
+ ** VP of Sales
+ *** Regional sales manager
+ **** Salesman 1
+ **** Salesman 2
+ **** Salesman 3
+ **** Salesman 4
+ ** <nowiki>{{Tree list/branching}}</nowiki>
+ *** Corporate spy 1
+ *** Corporate spy 2
+ <nowiki>{{Tree list/end}}</nowiki>
+:'''''yields:'''''
+{{Tree list}}
+* The CEO
+** VP of Manufacturing
+*** Assembly line supervisor
+**** Assembly line worker 1
+**** Assembly line worker 2
+** VP of Sales
+*** Regional sales manager
+**** Salesman 1
+**** Salesman 2
+**** Salesman 3
+**** Salesman 4
+** {{Tree list/branching}}
+*** Corporate spy 1
+*** Corporate spy 2
+{{Tree list/end}}
 [[Category:Basic formatting templates]]
 </noinclude>