Wikipedia talk:Number sign

Using # at the beginning of a line
In normal text, a number sign (#) renders normally without need of markup, except at the beginning of a line.

In normal text, "#" at the beginning of a line (though use there is rarely needed or possibly discouraged) needs markup.

Examples:


 * 1) 1234 The # at the beginning of this line gets interpreted as markup to make a list item, so it gets replaced with [indent]1.[space].


 * 1) 1234: The # at the beginning of this line is surrounded by nowiki tags, so it displays as #.

[Wikipedia:Number sign] is a Wikipedia disambiguation page - instructions for using "#" do not belong here.

But they aren't any found place else. It is possible that they belong somewhere. Maybe at [Help:Number sign]? -A876 (talk) 07:47, 21 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Fnnbb 2405:9800:BA10:E34B:1A95:7A31:4FA8:3556 (talk) 11:26, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 1000555064617 196.191.60.140 (talk) 12:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Ghyhg 176.55.103.120 (talk) 13:35, 6 June 2024 (UTC)