Wikipedia guideline: checks for blank lines between list items

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenListItems.js b/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenListItems.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9802606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guidelines/wikipedia/spaceBetweenListItems.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+exports.name = "Do not separate list items with blank lines";
+exports.description = "Leaving blank lines between list items causes mediawiki to end one list and to start a new one.";
+
+exports.rule = function(report) {
+  $5('li:only-of-type').each(reportWarning);
+  $5('dl:has(dt):has(dd)').each(function(i, dl) {
+    var $dd = $(dl).find('dd');
+    if ($dd.length === 1) {
+      reportWarning(i, dl);
+    }
+  });
+
+  function reportWarning(i, li) {
+    var text = $.trim($(li).text());
+    report.warning('List with a single item: '+ text, li);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json b/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
index a2b24bc..5deb505 100644
--- a/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
+++ b/guidelines/wikipedia/wikipedia.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   , "horizontalRule.js"
   , "pseudoHeadings.js"
   , "floatSandwiches.js"
+  , "spaceBetweenListItems.js"
   ]
 }