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This is a guide on how to use talk pages
Every wiki page has a corresponding '''talk page''' intended for discussions related to the topics of that page.
 
To see the talk page of ''any'' page, simply click on the 💬 icon in the bar below the page title – it's between the 📄 and ⭐️ icons. Alternatively, you can access a talk page directly by adding ''Talk:'' in front of a page name – [[Talk:Main Page]] is the talk page to discuss the contents of [[Main Page]], for example.
 
== Leaving a comment ==
 
If you want to leave a comment on a talk page, simply click the 🖊Edit button as if you were editing a standard wiki page – it works the same way!
 
[[Help:Style guidelines#Sections and subsections|Use a section]] to give your comment a short headline, making it clear what your comment is about at a glance.
 
New topics should be added ''to the top'' of the page to give the discussion a sort-of chronological order, with newer topics appearing first.
 
== Replying to a comment ==
 
Preface replies to other people's comments with <code>:</code> to indent your comment. Use <code>::</code>, <code>:::</code> and so on to indent even further:
 
I am the original comment.
 
: I am a reply to the original comment.
 
:: I am a reply to the reply to the original comment.
 
::: I am a reply to the reply to the reply to the original comment.
 
: I am a reply to the original comment again.
 
== Signing your comment ==
 
It helps to sign your comments in order to keep track of who said what in a discussion. You don't have to type out your username by hand though – simply add four tildes <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> at the end of your comment and it will be automatically converted to your username, along with a timestamp:
 
<blockquote>
[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 19:45, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
</blockquote>
 
Please keep in mind that using <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> while you're logged out, or if you don't have an account to begin with, ''will publicly display your current IP address instead''.

Latest revision as of 23:03, 25 August 2022

Every wiki page has a corresponding talk page intended for discussions related to the topics of that page.

To see the talk page of any page, simply click on the 💬 icon in the bar below the page title – it's between the 📄 and ⭐️ icons. Alternatively, you can access a talk page directly by adding Talk: in front of a page name – Talk:Main Page is the talk page to discuss the contents of Main Page, for example.

Leaving a comment[edit]

If you want to leave a comment on a talk page, simply click the 🖊Edit button as if you were editing a standard wiki page – it works the same way!

Use a section to give your comment a short headline, making it clear what your comment is about at a glance.

New topics should be added to the top of the page to give the discussion a sort-of chronological order, with newer topics appearing first.

Replying to a comment[edit]

Preface replies to other people's comments with : to indent your comment. Use ::, ::: and so on to indent even further:

I am the original comment.

I am a reply to the original comment.
I am a reply to the reply to the original comment.
I am a reply to the reply to the reply to the original comment.
I am a reply to the original comment again.

Signing your comment[edit]

It helps to sign your comments in order to keep track of who said what in a discussion. You don't have to type out your username by hand though – simply add four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your comment and it will be automatically converted to your username, along with a timestamp:

Fochti (talk) 19:45, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Please keep in mind that using ~~~~ while you're logged out, or if you don't have an account to begin with, will publicly display your current IP address instead.