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Wikipedia has detailed guidance on the use of talk pages. See [[wikipedia:Help:Talk pages]] to learn more. |
Wikipedia has detailed guidance on the use of talk pages. See [[wikipedia:Help:Talk pages]] to learn more. |
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== Signing comments == |
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The several tilde signs ("<code><nowiki>~</nowiki></code>) in a row have special meaning on all wiki pages, and are especially useful on Talk pages: |
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{{wikipedia|Help:StructuredDiscussions}} |
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:''main: [[Project:StructuredDiscussions]]'' |
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* 3 tildes ("<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code>") is replaced with your user id and a link to your talk page (e.g. "[[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]])") |
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As of 2020-07-10, we're experimenting with "StructuredDiscusssions" (also known as "Flow"). This is a feature that Wikimedia Foundation is developing for [[English Wikipedia]]. See [[Project:StructuredDiscussions]] for more. -- {{unsigned|RobLa}} |
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* 4 tildes ("<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>") to put both your user id, a link to your talk page, and the date and time in UTC (e.g. "[[User:RobLa|RobLa]] ([[User talk:RobLa|talk]]) 20:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)") |
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* 5 tildes ("<code><nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki></code>") to put ''just'' the date and time in UTC (e.g. "20:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)") |
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Please get into the habit of signing any comment you make on Talk pages with four tildes ("<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>"). |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[[User:RobLa]] would like to make it a convention that we all add a "Footnotes" section to the bottom of the page. |
[[User:RobLa]] would like to make it a convention that we all add a "Footnotes" section to the bottom of the page. |
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== All of the talk pages == |
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These can be found at [[Special:PrefixIndex/Talk:|"Talk:" namespace]]. |
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One can put a list of all of the pages in the <code>Talk:</code> namespace onto a wiki page by adding the following wikitext: <code> |
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<nowiki>{{Special:PrefixIndex/Talk:}}</nowiki> |
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</code> |
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== Footnotes == |
== Footnotes == |
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 25 October 2023
- parent: Help:Contents
Wikipedia has detailed guidance on the use of talk pages. See wikipedia:Help:Talk pages to learn more.
Signing comments
The several tilde signs ("~) in a row have special meaning on all wiki pages, and are especially useful on Talk pages:
- 3 tildes ("
~~~") is replaced with your user id and a link to your talk page (e.g. "RobLa (talk)") - 4 tildes ("
~~~~") to put both your user id, a link to your talk page, and the date and time in UTC (e.g. "RobLa (talk) 20:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)") - 5 tildes ("
~~~~~") to put just the date and time in UTC (e.g. "20:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)")
Please get into the habit of signing any comment you make on Talk pages with four tildes ("~~~~").
References
Anything that shows up wrapped with "<ref></ref>" will show up in one of the following sections:
- The "Footnotes" section at the bottom of the page (if someone was kind enough to add that)
- Wherever the
<references/>tag is inserted on the page (if someone added that) - Someplace random, probably at the bottom of the page.
User:RobLa would like to make it a convention that we all add a "Footnotes" section to the bottom of the page.
All of the talk pages
These can be found at "Talk:" namespace.
One can put a list of all of the pages in the Talk: namespace onto a wiki page by adding the following wikitext:
{{Special:PrefixIndex/Talk:}}
Footnotes
Some talk pages should have a "Footnotes" section (e.g. like this page has a "#Footnotes" section), especially if any comments use the "<references/>" tag. The "Footnotes" section needs the <references/> tag in order to collect the references scattered throughout the comments.