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 Since a wiki hosts community-curated content, it's crucial for editors to communicate with each other, especially when there's disagreement on the content of a page.
-Every page on the FeministWiki has an associated Discussion page, also called a Talk page.  If you make a change to an article, but the previous author objects and reverts the change, then you can write something on the discussion page of the article in question to start a discussion where you can exchange your views and come to a mutual agreement on how the content should be.  For instance, you could ask on the discussion page why the previous author reverted the changes you made, then contact them to make sure they see your inquiry on the discussion page.
+Every page on the FeministWiki has an associated Discussion page, also called a Talk page.  If you make a change to an article, but someone objects and reverts the change, you can write something on the discussion page of the article to hopefully reach a mutual agreement on how the content should be.
-The easiest way to start a new discussion on a talk page is to click the "Add section" button on the top right.
+The following image shows the "Discussion" button (link) at the top of a page.
-See the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page on "talk pages"] for more details on the subject.
+[[File:help-wiki-05-talk.png|thumb|none|700px|The "Discussion" button is marked in yellow.]]
+Talk pages are just like normal pages.  When they don't have any content yet, their link is red (seen in the image above) and clicking on the link directly brings you to the editing interface so you can create the talk page.  Oftentimes, the talk page will already be existent because other editors used it before.  '''In both cases''' it's ideal to use the "Add topic" button to create a new discussion topic within the page.  This ensures that the discussion is given its own "Subject" header and doesn't interfere with other discussions that might already exist on the page.
+[[File:help-wiki-06-add-topic.png|thumb|none|700px|The "Add topic" button is marked in yellow.]]
+Clicking on "Add topic" will give you an editing page that looks pretty much identical to a regular editing page.  The only differences are: there will be an extra field for the "Subject", and the contents of the editing box will always be empty and automatically appended to the existing talk page when you click "Save" instead of replacing existing content.
+When you've created a new topic on the talk page to discuss something with other editors, you might want to make sure that they're notified of this.  See the next section for instructions on how to directly contact an editor, so you can make sure that they see the topic you started in the talk page.
+See the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages MediaWiki help page on "talk pages"] for more details on the top of talk pages.
 === How do I contact another editor? ===