# Requiring a blank line between a paragraph and list

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/requiring-a-blank-line-between-a-paragraph-and-list/657>\
**Category:** Spec\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/requiring-a-blank-line-between-a-paragraph-and-list/657 "2014-09-20T18:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mofosyne](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/mofosyne/32/1438_2.png) [@mofosyne](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/mofosyne)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/requiring-a-blank-line-between-a-paragraph-and-list/657/17 "2014-09-25T04:25:53Z")

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Perhaps the philosophy of commonmark should be less about what every other parser is doing.

And more about, what would be the _Common Expectation_ of users when writing markdown.

In other words. The aim should be more about a `Lightweight Markup Language of No Surprises`TM .

This is because the biggest attraction that made iphone beat most other more feature rich competitors, is that it ‘just works’ from the average user experience.

**tl;dr: Be common in user expectations. Not in the Status Quo**

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