Editing Wiki Style Guide (section)

==Talk Pages==

{{Ambox_basic|text='''There is currently a bug with ''user'' talk pages.'''  Any comments you put on any user's talk page will create a notice that there is a comment on ''your'' talk page, and no notice will appear for the person who's talk page you edited.  This means that you will need to periodically check your own talk page for comments if you expect that there might be some, and the person you wrote to might not notice your comment.}}

'''When writing comments on a talk page please sign your comments.'''  To do this, simply put four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) at the end of your comment, and it will get replaced with your name and the date of your edit when you save your edit.

'''DO NOT edit other people's comments.'''  Even if you're just fixing their spelling or such, you should not edit other people's words.

'''When adding a new topic to a talk page, use the "+" link at the top of the page.'''  This will create a new section at the bottom of the page with a section title you choose.  This will also cause your topic to be listed on a table of contents if there are enough topics on the talk page.  Please use a brief but descriptive section title.  Sections should be listed oldest to newest like this so that it is easy to read the sections in the order they were written.

'''Use proper placement and indenting when replying on talk pages.'''  To do this, just add a colon (:) to the beginning of the text for each level of indentation.  For example:

 Question. -- by Xyz
 :Answer #1. -- by Abc
 ::Further comment on answer #1. -- by Nop
 :Answer #2. -- by Def

Produces this:

Question. -- by Xyz
:Answer #1. -- by Abc
::Further comment on answer #1. -- by Nop
:Answer #2. -- by Def

New comments should be placed ''below'' older comments, so that they can be read in the order they were written.

'''Comments to other users should be made on their user talk page, NOT on their user page.'''  You are not allowed to edit another user's user page, with the exception of removing spam, copyrighted materials, or anything else that violates the PWE Terms of Service (when in doubt, alert [[User_talk:Sangodoc|Sangodoc]] here or v4liance on the forums to the potential problem).  This means that comments to another user should be made on their user talk page instead.
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