def ul(
            self,
            text):
        """*convert plain-text to MMD unordered list*

        **Key Arguments:**
            - ``text`` -- the text to convert to MMD unordered list

        **Return:**
            - ``ul`` -- the MMD unordered list

        **Usage:**

            To convert text to a MMD unordered list:

            .. code-block:: python

                ul = md.ul(" This is a list item   ")
                print ul

                # OUTPUT:
                # *  This is a list item
                #
        """
        m = self.reWS.match(text)
        ul = []
        for l in m.group(2).split("\n"):
            prefix, text, suffix = self._snip_whitespace(l)
            ul.append("%(prefix)s* %(text)s  " % locals())

        return ("\n").join(ul) + "\n\n"