“ On Wikisource, ordered lists can present some special challenges, beyond what you might encounter on another wiki, for two reasons:
At Wikisource, we typically try to preserve formatting from the original source as closely as possible; so we need to be able to produce a number of idiosyncratic formatting styles. Our transcriptions are typically page-by-page, meaning that ordered lists (like all elements) need to display properly both as a part of the overall flowing text, and also on individual pages. Lists and list items that span pages can be tricky to deal with. ”