Thread:Liggliluff/@comment-26119387-20151121015118/@comment-915779-20151121060738

&lt;br&gt;, &lt;br/&gt;, &lt;br /&gt; are all exactly the same; you can look at the HTML-code and compare.

But &lt;br&gt; uses 2 bytes less than &lt;br /&gt; when editing pages; and those bytes will add up.

If you open the Visual Editor, all &lt;br&gt; will be converted to &lt;br /&gt; ... and some people here do like to use that editor ................