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Note: this rule was adapted and modified for the new software, so I didn't copy the old supporter list. -- Lee Daniel Crocker, 23 April 2002
Although they shouldn't be used for every line, I think using subheads is good. As an encyclopedia is made to find information, I think this should be made easier. Even for small articles, I find it convenient if there's a heading indicating in which part of the article I may find a short history, a collection of external links, or a simple example, or the specific detail I'm looking for. Also, subheads can help making it clear for a writer what he's writing about in that part of the article. jheijmans, 23 April 2002
Is there a reason why many pages use single-line paragraph with bold character formatting instead of the "==" wiki syntax? -- user:Tarquin, 25 May 2002
bold heading
While surveying the encyclopedia as a newcomer, I noticed that small articles (fit on the screen) with a heading or two seemed 'disrupted' or even a bit ostentatious, because of the automatically generated contents-table. The TOC takes top-space, bottom-space, and full-width. If content wrapped around the skinny TOC table, this issue would disappear. The TOCs made some articles in a preliminary stage of development (small) look top-heavy, but later when the piece fills out it will then be valuable. -- Ted Clayton, 27 August 2003
Given how much Wikipedia has grown since this was written (April 2002), we need to have it renamed and expanded to explain all the relevant cases. For example, today it's not at all uncommon to see a table of contents with a dozen entries, but this is normally fixed by having a good lead section and placing an image to the right of the ToC. This guideline still applies to shorter articles, but it needs elaboration. -- Joy [shallot] 13:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)