Any better way to create MediaWiki numbered lists?

Question

When using MediaWiki\'s markup language, the only thing that I hate is creating numbered lists. The only way I know to create a list is to do something like this:

Answer 1

Following the link to Wiki Help, I found an example that meets what I think are the implied requirements

1. The list needs to keep numbering
2. Sometimes the "Somestuff" should be on it's own line in the source

To get (1) there are a few solutions proposed. Bug one way is to use paragraph delimiters around the extra "somestuff".

Example 1:

# Paragraph 1.
Paragraph 2.
Paragraph 3.
# Second item.

To meet (2), you use paragraph marking in combination with commenting out the new lines (with ).

Example 2:

# Paragraph 1.<!--
  -->
Paragraph 2.
Paragraph 3.
# Second item.

Both examples display as

Result:

    1. Paragraph 1.
       Paragraph 2.
       Paragraph 3.
    2. Second item

Note that the comment eats all of the white space between the end of one element and the start of the next, which seems to be standard practice, and makes sense if you're trying to have whitespace without the "wiki effects" of the white space.