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[[File:help-wiki-07-user-talk.png|thumb|none|900px|Example message to Admin by writing to their user talk page.  Don't forget to use the "Add topic" function so you can add a Subject line.  In this example, I forgot to sign off my comment with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (see next section).]]
[[File:help-wiki-07-user-talk.png|thumb|none|900px|Example message to Admin by writing to their user talk page.  Don't forget to use the "Add topic" function so you can add a Subject line.  In this example, I forgot to sign off my comment with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> (see next section).]]


=== How exactly do we "talk" to each other on a discussion page? ===
=== Details on talk page usage ===


When you click on "Add section" in a discussion page, it asks you for a header and the content, but what when you want to reply to someone, or add a further comment to the discussion section you created?
When you click on "Add section" in a discussion page, it asks you for a header and the content, but what when you want to reply to someone, or add a further comment to the discussion section you created?


To insert a comment in a discussion page, you write what you want to write somewhere (usually at the end of the section you want to comment on), then put four tilde symbols (~) at the end, which makes the FeministWiki sign off that text with your name.  Here's an example on how the signature at the end will look:
To insert a comment in a discussion page, you write what you want to write somewhere (usually at the end of the section you want to comment on), then put four tilde symbols (~) at the end, which makes the wiki software sign off that text with your name.  (It's best practice to always sign off comments with the four tilde symbols, also when creating a new talk topic.)


This line is a comment left by Social Justice Wizard! [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
The following example shows how a new talk topic is created.


When a discussion drags on, it can become difficult to follow the flow of discussion. Typically, when you respond to someone else's comment, then you prepend your answer with a colon (:) symbol at the start of your text.  This makes the wiki software display your comment with an indentation.  When you want to make a further comment on something that's already indented, you add a second colon, and so on. Example:
[[File:help-wiki-08-signing-off.png|thumb|none|900px|Adding a talk topic and having the software sign it with my username.]]


First comment. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
After saving that, it will look like this:
:Replying to the first comment, here's a second comment. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
::And a third comment, which in turn replies to the second comment. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
:But this comment responds to the first one again, not the second or third. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
:This ALSO responds to the first comment, not any of the others. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)
::Now this comment responds to the one directly above it, because it's one layer more indented than it. [[User:SocJusWiz|SocJusWiz]] ([[User talk:SocJusWiz|talk]]) 23:56, 30 August 2018 (CEST)


If it looks a bit confusing, don't worry, you'll get used to it.  The example is a bit stupid anyway, since every comment is signed off with the same name.
[[File:help-wiki-09-signed.png|thumb|none|900px|Note how the signature and timestamp were added automatically.  It also contains a quick link to the user's talk page.]]
 
When replying to someone's comment on a talk page, the response is customarily prepended with a colon (:) sign, which makes the wiki software represent the reply with some indentation.
 
[[File:help-wiki-10-reply.png|thumb|none|900px|To reply to someone, simply edit the page, and add your comment below theirs, with one colon (:) more than their comment(A single colon if theirs had none.)]]
 
After saving, that will look like this:
 
[[File:help-wiki-11-replied.png|thumb|none|900px|The colon symbol is turned into one level of indentation.]]


For reference, here's an archived discussion page from Wikipedia that you can look at to get a feeling for how a real discussion between multiple people might look:
For reference, here's an archived discussion page from Wikipedia that you can look at to get a feeling for how a real discussion between multiple people might look:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Radical_feminism/Archive_6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Radical_feminism/Archive_6
For more details on how to edit talk pages, see the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page about talk pages].


== Other concerns ==
== Other concerns ==