2b2t Wiki:How to edit/Discussions



Discussion guidelines
If you have a question, concern, or comment related to improving a page on the wiki, use the talk page, which can be found by clicking the "Discussion" tab at the top of the page. Unless the page itself is used for discussions, such as 2b2t Wiki:Discussion room or 2b2t Wiki:Request an edit, always use talk pages when posting messages. Do not worry if the Discussion tab link shows up in red; it is all right to create the talk page if it does not already exist. The following rules apply to all talk pages including user talk pages.

When creating a new discussion, create a section using a second-level heading and post your message under it. This process can be done automatically by clicking the "Add topic" or "New section" tab next to the page's "Edit" button. When finished, sign your message with four tildes ( at the end, which will generate your name and the date when publishing the edit.

Responding
If you are responding to someone else's remarks, put your comment a line or two below theirs. You should indent it properly using a colon right before your message. If you are responding to an already-indented message, indent one level more than the message you are responding to. This improves the layout of the discussion, making it easier to read. For your message to be seen, it is common practice to use the ping template to ping a user. For example, a response would be structured like this:. Note that pings are unnecessary on user talk pages as users are notified when you leave a message on their personal talk page. Click here to view your talk page.

Example discussion
Here is an example of a well-formatted discussion:

Hi. I have a question about this article. I'm pretty sure purple elephants only live in New York! JayRandumWikiUser 02:49, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Well, last time I was in New York, the elephants I saw were green. &mdash; try2BEEhelpful 17:28, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * I think you should find a source for your claims. Living &times; Skepticism 20:53, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Okay, these elephant journals agree with me:
 * Elephants Monthly
 * Elephants World
 * &mdash; try2BEEhelpful 19:09, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Well, those two sources are unreliable. According to New York City Animal Control, there are no elephants, purple or otherwise, in New York outside of zoos. IloveNYC&elephants 17:28, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * I live in Australia, where the elephants look like kangaroos! The people below agree with my statement: -DontGdayMateMe 17:28, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * ElefantLuvr 01:22, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * AisleVoteOnAnything 05:41, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * alittlebehindthetimes 18:39, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
 * I think you should have a source. Remember verifiability. IloveNYC&elephants 20:56, 28 Jan 2004

Note that if you want to include a list in your comments, add colons before each item, for example:

-Again, signing your message (posting) is done by: You can add a signature only, or a date only, but this is unusual. Here is how: Votes are often signed with names only.
 * Writing ~ for your name and date (try2BEEhelpful 19:09, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC))
 * Writing for the name (try2BEEhelpful), or
 * Writing for the date only (19:09, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)).

VisualEditor
On the Wiki, VisualEditor is not enabled for any talk pages, in the Template or Wiki namespaces, or in several of the namespaces that are rarely edited. The "Edit" button for VisualEditor is not available on pages where VisualEditor cannot be used.

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