# Broken formatting in migrated posts

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**Created:** [May 23, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-formatting-in-migrated-posts/942721 "2021-05-23T03:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-formatting-in-migrated-posts/942721/2 "2021-05-23T08:25:58Z")

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> [@Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685/24):
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> Sudan isn’t as fragile to water issues as Egypt for many geographical reasons  
> [ul]  
> [li]  
> it isn’t entirely a desert country  
> [/li]  
> [li]  
> it has multiple rivers which come from multiple sources  
> [/li]  
> [li]  
> it is too upstream to worry about water scarcity driven by water use by even further upstream countries  
> [/li]  
> [/ul]

> [@Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685/24):
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> Sudan isn’t as fragile to water issues as Egypt for many geographical reasons
> 
> - it isn’t entirely a desert country
> - it has multiple rivers which come from multiple sources
> - it is too upstream to worry about water scarcity driven by water use by even further upstream countries

That answers that question. Putting them on separate lines doesn’t fix it. Discourse creates lists by putting a star in front of each item. Bit trickier, but @codinghorror or one of his minions should still be able to fix it.

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