Description of Error - 826: Star separator line

WikiTree code uses four minus signs ---- (four dashes) on a line to make a separator to visually separate paragraphs where wanted. This error shows a visual separator line using equal signs such as *********, which makes the page bad on mobile devices.

Also if it is used as a level 10 bulleted list it doesn't look good on mobile devices.

Content of info column: Lines with the error.

Possible Causes

• Asterisk as a separator line.
• Deep level of bulleted list.

Action Steps

• Correct the separator line to ---- in the Biography section so it's correctly formatted.
• Find another solution instead of bulleted lists.

Error Status

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Technical Stuff

It finds the profiles containing *********** from the beginning of the line.

Suggestion reports

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