Erik asked for specific examples which need a "disable table of contents" tag. Here's one:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page
"How to edit a page" has sections and subsections that are used only to demonstrate the markup needed to create sections and subsections. Thus, in the table of contents, we have
3. New Section 3.1 Subsection 3.1.1 Sub-subsection
For the record, I love the table of contents feature. It's very helpful at [[Talk:Open Directory Project/Temp]].
Stephen Gilbert ------- Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia http://www.wikipedia.org