# Horizontal Rule or Thematic Break?

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/horizontal-rule-or-thematic-break/912>\
**Category:** Spec\
**Created:** [November 17, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/horizontal-rule-or-thematic-break/912 "2014-11-17T07:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crissov](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/crissov/32/1455_2.png) [@Crissov](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/Crissov)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/horizontal-rule-or-thematic-break/912/10 "2015-07-28T08:15:15Z")

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Closely related thoughts at [Horizontal Rules as Hierarchical Section Breaks etc.](http://talk.commonmark.org/t/horizontal-rules-as-hierarchical-section-breaks-etc/1241), in Extensions.

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