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class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>How to use article talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_to_use_article_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Good_practices_for_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Good_practices_for_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Good practices for talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Good_practices_for_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Behavior_that_is_unacceptable" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Behavior_that_is_unacceptable"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Behavior that is unacceptable</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Behavior_that_is_unacceptable-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Editing_others'_comments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Editing_others'_comments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Editing others' comments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Editing_others'_comments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6.1</span> <span>Examples of appropriately editing others' comments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Editing_own_comments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Editing_own_comments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Editing own comments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Editing_own_comments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-compliance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-compliance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Non-compliance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-compliance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Disputes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Disputes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>Disputes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Disputes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Closing_discussions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Closing_discussions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Closing discussions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Closing_discussions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Requesting_a_close" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Requesting_a_close"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.1</span> <span>Requesting a close</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Requesting_a_close-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marking_a_closed_discussion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marking_a_closed_discussion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10.2</span> <span>Marking a closed discussion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marking_a_closed_discussion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technical_and_format_standards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technical_and_format_standards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Technical and format standards</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Technical_and_format_standards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Technical and format standards subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Technical_and_format_standards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Layout" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Layout"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Layout</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Layout-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indentation_and_screen_readers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indentation_and_screen_readers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Indentation and screen readers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indentation_and_screen_readers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>New topics and headings on talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Links,_time,_and_page_name" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Links,_time,_and_page_name"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Links, time, and page name</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Links,_time,_and_page_name-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Archiving" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Archiving"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Archiving</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Archiving-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Centralized_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Centralized_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Centralized talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Centralized_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Using_a_FAQ" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Using_a_FAQ"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Using a FAQ</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Using_a_FAQ-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-User_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#User_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>User talk pages</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-User_talk_pages-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle User talk pages subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-User_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Personal_talk_page_cleanup" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_talk_page_cleanup"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Personal talk page cleanup</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_talk_page_cleanup-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Talk_page_search" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Talk_page_search"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Talk page search</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Talk_page_search-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Talk page guidelines</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:M%C3%BCzakir%C9%99_s%C9%99hif%C9%99si" title="Vikipediya:Müzakirə səhifəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Müzakirə səhifəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:دانیشیق صفحه‌سی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:دانیشیق صفحه‌سی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:আলাপ পাতার নির্দেশাবলী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:আলাপ পাতার নির্দেশাবলী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8" title="विकिपीडिया:बातचीत पन्ना दिसानिर्देस – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:बातचीत पन्ना दिसानिर्देस" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Smjernice_za_kori%C5%A1tenje_stranice_za_razgovor" title="Wikipedia:Smjernice za korištenje stranice za razgovor – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Smjernice za korištenje stranice za razgovor" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:P%C3%A0gines_de_discussi%C3%B3" title="Viquipèdia:Pàgines de discussió – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Pàgines de discussió" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Canllawiau_tudalennau_sgwrs" title="Wicipedia:Canllawiau tudalennau sgwrs – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wicipedia:Canllawiau tudalennau sgwrs" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Diskussionsseiten" title="Wikipedia:Diskussionsseiten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Diskussionsseiten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Arutelulehek%C3%BClg" title="Vikipeedia:Arutelulehekülg – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Arutelulehekülg" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%9F%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Οδηγός σελίδας συζήτησης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Οδηγός σελίδας συζήτησης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADticas_de_edici%C3%B3n_y_p%C3%A1ginas_de_discusi%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Políticas de edición y páginas de discusión – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Políticas de edición y páginas de discusión" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB" title="ویکی‌پدیا:رهنمودهای صفحه بحث – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:رهنمودهای صفحه بحث" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%ED%86%A0%EB%A1%A0_%EB%AC%B8%EC%84%9C_%EC%A7%80%EC%B9%A8" title="위키백과:토론 문서 지침 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:토론 문서 지침" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="विकिपीडिया:वार्ता दिशानिर्देश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:वार्ता दिशानिर्देश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dagiti_alagaden_ti_tungtungan_a_panid" title="Wikipedia:Dagiti alagaden ti tungtungan a panid – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Dagiti alagaden ti tungtungan a panid" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Panduan_halaman_pembicaraan" title="Wikipedia:Panduan halaman pembicaraan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Panduan halaman pembicaraan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:განხილვის გვერდების მართვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:განხილვის გვერდების მართვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Aptarimai" title="Vikipedija:Aptarimai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Aptarimai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Vitalapok_haszn%C3%A1lata" title="Wikipédia:Vitalapok használata – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Vitalapok használata" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:സംവാദം താളുകള്‍ക്കായുള്ള മാര്‍ഗ്ഗരേഖകള്‍ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:സംവാദം താളുകള്‍ക്കായുള്ള മാര്‍ഗ്ഗരേഖകള്‍" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85" title="ويكيبيديا:قواعد صفحات الكلام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:قواعد صفحات الكلام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Laman_perbincangan" title="Wikipedia:Laman perbincangan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Laman perbincangan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%86%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AC_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆွေးနွေးချက်စာမျက်နှာ လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆွေးနွေးချက်စာမျက်နှာ လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Overlegpagina" title="Wikipedia:Overlegpagina – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Overlegpagina" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="Wikipedia:ノートページのガイドライン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:ノートページのガイドライン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_de_discuss%C3%A3o_de_artigo" title="Wikipédia:Página de discussão de artigo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Página de discussão de artigo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wat_sinn_dann_Klaaf-Sigge%3F" title="Wikipedia:Wat sinn dann Klaaf-Sigge? – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Wikipedia:Wat sinn dann Klaaf-Sigge?" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Википедия:Правила обсуждений – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Правила обсуждений" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collogue_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Collogue page guidelines – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:Collogue page guidelines" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%A0%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A1%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81%E0%B6%B1" title="විකිපීඩියා:සාකච්ඡා පිටු මාර්ගෝපදේශන – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:සාකච්ඡා පිටු මාර්ගෝපදේශන" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" title="Wikipedia:Talk page – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Talk page" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84" title="وڪيپيڊيا:بحث صفحو اصول – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:بحث صفحو اصول" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Smernice_za_pogovorne_strani" title="Wikipedija:Smernice za pogovorne strani – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Smernice za pogovorne strani" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DA%95%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%BE%DB%95%DA%95%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8E%DA%98" title="ویکیپیدیا:ڕێساکانی پەڕەی وتووێژ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:ڕێساکانی پەڕەی وتووێژ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%9B%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Википедија:Смернице за коришћење странице за разговор – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Смернице за коришћење странице за разговор" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kaca_obrolan" title="Wikipedia:Kaca obrolan – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Kaca obrolan" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பேச்சுப் பக்கம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பேச்சுப் பக்கம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%BD%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8:%E1%81%B5%E1%82%85%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9D%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8_%E1%81%BC%E1%82%83%E1%82%88%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AD%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88_%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%80%A2%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%80%A2%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃး:ၵႅမ်မိုဝ်း ၼႃႈလိၵ်ႈ လွင်ႈဢုပ်ႇဢူဝ်း – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃး:ၵႅမ်မိုဝ်း ၼႃႈလိၵ်ႈ လွင်ႈဢုပ်ႇဢူဝ်း" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te 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noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Wikipedia user behavioral guideline</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This page is about talk page etiquette. For general information about talk pages, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">Help:Talk pages</a>. For guidelines about <i>user talk</i> pages, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">Wikipedia:User pages</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:TALK" redirects here. For the page for general discussing, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">Wikipedia:Village pump</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Blue tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">behavioral guideline</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">Editors should generally follow it, though <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">exceptions</a> may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>. When in doubt, discuss first on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines">this guideline's talk page</a>.</div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Guideline_list" title="Template talk:Guideline list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The purpose of a page's associated <b><a href="/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using talk pages">talk page</a></b> (accessible via the <b>talk</b> or <b>discussion</b> tab) is to provide space for editors to discuss editing that page. Article talk pages should not be used by editors as platforms for their personal views on a subject. When talk pages in other <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">namespaces</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Userspace">userspace</a>) are used for discussion and communication between users, discussion should be directed solely toward the improvement of the encyclopedia. </p><p>The names of talk pages associated with articles begin with <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr">Talk:</code>. For example, the talk page for the article <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> is named <a href="/wiki/Talk:Australia" title="Talk:Australia">Talk:Australia</a>. </p><p>The guidelines below reinforce the prime values of talk pages: communication, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">courtesy</a>, and consideration. They apply not only to article discussion pages but everywhere editors interact, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">deletion discussions</a> and noticeboards. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Central_points" data-mw-thread-id="h-Central_points-20241122140700"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Central_points-20241122140700"></span>Central points<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Central_points-20241122140700"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maintain_Wikipedia_policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Maintain_Wikipedia_policy-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Maintain_Wikipedia_policy-Central_points"></span>Maintain Wikipedia policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Maintain_Wikipedia_policy-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <p>There is reasonable allowance for speculation, suggestion, and personal knowledge on talk pages, with a view to prompting further investigation, but it is usually a misuse of a talk page to continue to argue any point that has not met <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy requirements</a>. Pay particular attention to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons</a>, which applies to talk pages as well as to articles: "Editors must take particular care adding <b>information about living persons</b> to <i>any</i> Wikipedia page." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creating_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Creating_talk_pages-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Creating_talk_pages-Central_points"></span>Creating talk pages<span id="CREATE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Creating_talk_pages-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALK#CREATE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#CREATE">WP:TALK#CREATE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Welcoming_committee/Welcome_templates" title="Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates">Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates</a></div> <p>Talk pages are generally created by clicking a red "Talk" tab and creating the page, like any other page. </p><p>Do not create an empty talk page simply so that one will exist for future use. There is no need to add discussion warning templates to every talk page, or even to every talk page that contains a discussion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_to_use_article_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_use_article_talk_pages-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_use_article_talk_pages-Central_points"></span>How to use article talk pages<span id="USE"></span><span id="COMMUNICATE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_use_article_talk_pages-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the how-to guide, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">Help:Talk pages</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Although this section is specific to article talk pages, many of the general themes apply to all discussion pages that are used for collaboration.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:STAYONTOPIC" redirects here. For guidelines on writing articles, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOPIC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOPIC">Wikipedia:TOPIC</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALK#USE"></span><span id="WP:TALK#COMMUNICATE"></span><span id="WP:TALK#TOPIC"></span><span id="WP:TALK#NOMETA"></span><span id="WP:TALK#POSITIVE"></span><span id="WP:TALK#OBJECTIVE"></span><span id="WP:TALK#FACTS"></span><span id="WP:TALK#SHARE"></span><span id="WP:TALK#DISCUSS"></span><span id="WP:TALK#PROPOSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#USE">WP:TALK#USE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#COMMUNICATE">WP:TALK#COMMUNICATE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#TOPIC">WP:TALK#TOPIC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#NOMETA">WP:TALK#NOMETA</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#POSITIVE">WP:TALK#POSITIVE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#OBJECTIVE">WP:TALK#OBJECTIVE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#FACTS">WP:TALK#FACTS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#SHARE">WP:TALK#SHARE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#DISCUSS">WP:TALK#DISCUSS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#PROPOSE">WP:TALK#PROPOSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="communicate"></span><span class="anchor" id="COMMUNICATE"></span><b>Communicate</b>: If in doubt, make the extra effort so that other people understand you. Being friendly is a great help. It is always a good idea to explain your views; it is less helpful for you to voice an opinion on something but <i>not</i> explain <i>why</i> you hold it. Explaining <b>why</b> you have a certain opinion helps to demonstrate its validity to others and reach consensus.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="topic"></span><span class="anchor" id="TOPIC"></span><span class="anchor" id="ontopic"></span><span class="anchor" id="ONTOPIC"></span><span class="anchor" id="offtopic"></span><span class="anchor" id="OFFTOPIC"></span><b>Stay on topic</b>: Talk pages are for discussing the <em>article</em>, not for general conversation about the article's subject (much less <em>other</em> subjects). Keep discussions focused on how to improve the article. Comments that are plainly irrelevant are subject to <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a> or removal.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="met"></span><span class="anchor" id="nometa"></span><span class="anchor" id="NOMETA"></span><span class="anchor" id="NO_META"></span><b>No meta</b>: Extended meta-discussions about editing belong on noticeboards, in Wikipedia-talk, or in User-talk namespaces, not in Article-talk namespace.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="positive"></span><span class="anchor" id="POSITIVE"></span><b>Be positive</b>: Article talk pages should be used to discuss ways to improve an article; not to criticize, pick apart, or vent about the current status of an article or its subject. This is especially true on the talk pages of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living people</a>. However, if you're not sure how to fix something, feel free to draw attention to this and ask for suggestions.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="polite"></span><span class="anchor" id="POLITE"></span><b>Be polite</b>: Article talk pages are at the end of the day civil discussions between users who have lives outside of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, that influences their behaviors and manners. In serious discussions it is key to remain calm, respectful and patient with the other user. If a <a href="/wiki/Fallacy" title="Fallacy">fallacy</a> (<i>see <a href="/wiki/List_of_fallacies" title="List of fallacies">list of fallacies</a></i>) is noticed when debating Wikipedia’s general guidelines, remain civil and above all do not use this to anger the other user. Respectful arguments are relaxing!</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="objective"></span><span class="anchor" id="OBJECTIVE"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKPOV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKPOV&redirect=no">WP:TALKPOV</a></span></li></ul></div></div><b>Stay objective</b>: Talk pages are not a place for editors to argue their <strong>personal point of view</strong> about a controversial issue. They are a place to discuss how the points of view of reliable sources should be included in the article, so that the end result is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a>. The best way to present a case is to find properly referenced material.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="factual"></span><span class="anchor" id="FACTS"></span><b>Deal with facts</b>: The talk page is the ideal place for issues relating to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>, such as asking for help finding sources, discussing conflicts or inconsistencies among sources, and examining the reliability of references. Asking for a verifiable reference supporting a statement is often better than arguing against it.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="sharing"></span><span class="anchor" id="SHARE"></span><b>Share material</b>: The talk page can be used to "park" material removed from the article due to verification or other concerns, while references are sought or concerns discussed. New material can be prepared on the talk page until it is ready to be put into the article; this is an especially good idea if the new material (or topic as a whole) is controversial.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="discussion"></span><span class="anchor" id="DISCUSS"></span><b>Discuss edits</b>: The talk page is particularly useful to talk about edits. If one of your edits has been reverted, and you change it back again, it is good practice to leave an explanation on the talk page and a note in the edit summary that you have done so. The talk page is also the place to ask about another editor's changes. If someone questions one of your edits, make sure you reply with a full, helpful rationale.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="propose"></span><span class="anchor" id="PROPOSE"></span><b>Make proposals</b>: Proposals for improving the article can be put forward for discussion by other editors. Such proposals might include changes to specific points, page moves, mergers or making a section of a long article into a separate article.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Good_practices_for_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Good_practices_for_talk_pages-Central_points-20241122140700"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Good_practices_for_talk_pages-Central_points-20241122140700"></span>Good practices for talk pages<span id="GOOD"></span><span id="YES"></span><span id="Good_practices"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Good_practices_for_talk_pages-Central_points-20241122140700"></span></h3></div> <span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Example-20241122140700-Good_practices_for_talk_pages"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TPG#YES"></span><span id="WP:TPYES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPG&redirect=no#YES">WP:TPG#YES</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPYES&redirect=no">WP:TPYES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">These guidelines apply specifically to discussion pages which are used for collaboration, which includes just about all talk pages other than <a href="#User_talk_pages">user talk pages</a>. The application of these guidelines to user talk pages should be governed by common sense and should not supersede guidelines and policies specific to those pages.</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SEETALK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SEETALK&redirect=no">WP:SEETALK</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="CHECK"></span><span class="anchor" id="DUPLICATE"></span><span class="anchor" id="ARCHIVES"></span><span class="anchor" id="archives"></span><b>Check whether there's already a discussion on the same topic</b>. Duplicate discussions (on a single page, or on multiple pages) are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking/Internal#Discussion_forks" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal">confusing and time-wasting</a>, and may be interpreted as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#FORUMSHOP" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">forum shopping</a>. If the subject is a controversial or popular one, consider <b>checking the talk-page archives</b> before opening a new thread. (Many talk pages have a <i>Search archives</i> box near the top.)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:READFIRST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:READFIRST&redirect=no">WP:READFIRST</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="READ"></span><span class="anchor" id="Read_first"></span><span class="anchor" id="readfirst"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Read_before_commenting" title="Wikipedia:Read before commenting">Read before commenting</a></b>: Familiarizing yourself with a discussion before participating makes it easier to build consensus.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="COC"></span><span class="anchor" id="FOC"></span><span class="anchor" id="Discuss_content"></span><span class="anchor" id="contentnotcontrib"></span><b>Comment <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Focus_on_content" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">on content</a>, not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">on the contributor</a></b> or <b>It's the edits that matter, not the editor</b>: Keep the discussions focused on the topic of the <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages">talk page</a>, rather than <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">on the editors</a> participating.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ENGLISHPLEASE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ENGLISHPLEASE&redirect=no">WP:ENGLISHPLEASE</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="ENG"></span><span class="anchor" id="ENGLISH"></span><span class="anchor" id="english"></span><b>Use English</b>: This is the English-language Wikipedia; discussions should normally be conducted in English. If using another language is unavoidable, try to provide a translation, or get help at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Embassy" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Embassy">Wikipedia:Embassy</a>. Do not expect readers to translate your content themselves, not even when modern browsers have machine translation built-in.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="CONCISE"></span><span class="anchor" id="concise"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read" title="Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read">Be concise</a></b>: Long posts risk being ignored or misunderstood. Talk pages with a good <a href="/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio" title="Signal-to-noise ratio">signal-to-noise ratio</a> tend to attract continued participation. If you <i>really</i> need to make a detailed, point-by-point post, see <a href="#Layout">below</a> for tips.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:EXHAUST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXHAUST&redirect=no">WP:EXHAUST</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="EXHAUST"></span><span class="anchor" id="focused"></span><b>Keep discussions focused</b>: Discussions naturally should finalize by agreement, not by exhaustion.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="REPEAT"></span><b>Avoid repeating your posts</b>: Your fellow editors can read your prior posts, so repeating them wastes time and space and may be considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_bludgeon_the_process" title="Wikipedia:Don't bludgeon the process">bludgeoning</a> the discussion.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MULTI"></span><span id="WP:CROSS-POST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MULTI&redirect=no">WP:MULTI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CROSS-POST&redirect=no">WP:CROSS-POST</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="MULTI"></span><span class="anchor" id="multi"></span><b>Avoid starting the same discussion on multiple pages</b>, which fragments discussion. Instead, start the discussion in one location and, if appropriate, advertise it elsewhere via a link. If you find a fragmented discussion, consider moving all posts to one location and linking from the old locations to the new. State clearly in edit summaries and on talk pages what you have done and why. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking/Internal#Discussion_forks" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal">Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal § Discussion forks</a>.)</span></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="BITE"></span><span class="anchor" id="welcoming"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Do not bite the newcomers</a></b>: If someone does something against custom, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume it was an unwitting mistake</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">gently</a> point out their mistake (referencing relevant policies and guidelines) and suggest a better approach.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="ABBREV"></span><span class="anchor" id="TLA"></span><b>Link abbreviations</b>: To assist newbies, consider linking to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_abbreviations" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations">Wikipedia abbreviations</a> and terms of art when they first appear in a thread.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:YELL"></span><span id="WP:YELLING"></span><span id="WP:SHOUT"></span><span id="WP:SHOUTING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:YELL&redirect=no">WP:YELL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:YELLING&redirect=no">WP:YELLING</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SHOUT&redirect=no">WP:SHOUT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SHOUTING&redirect=no">WP:SHOUTING</a></span></li></ul></div></div><span class="anchor" id="SHOUT"></span><span class="anchor" id="shouting"></span><span class="anchor" id="markup"></span><b>Avoid excessive emphasis</b>: ALL CAPS and <span style="font-size:120%">enlarged fonts</span> may be considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_don%27t_shout" title="Wikipedia:Please don't shout">shouting</a> and are rarely appropriate. <b>Bolding</b> may be used to highlight key words or phrases but should be used judiciously. <i>Italics</i> are often used for emphasis or clarity but should be avoided for long passages. <a href="/wiki/Exclamation_mark" title="Exclamation mark">Exclamation marks</a> similarly should be used judiciously. <b>Overuse</b> of emphasis can <i>undermine</i> its impact! If adding emphasis to quoted text, say so.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="LAYOUT"></span><span class="anchor" id="layout"></span><b>Keep the layout clear</b>: Use standard formatting and <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages#Indentation" title="Help:Talk pages">threading</a>. If you include references, add <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Reflist-talk" title="Template:Reflist-talk">reflist-talk</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Sources-talk" title="Template:Sources-talk">sources-talk</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> after your comment, to keep citations within your thread. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_layout" title="Wikipedia:Talk page layout">Talk page layout</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="SEPARATE"></span><span class="anchor" id="Break_down"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKSUBHEADING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKSUBHEADING&redirect=no">WP:TALKSUBHEADING</a></span></li></ul></div></div><b>Use separate subsection headings to discuss multiple changes</b>: If you arrive at the "discussion" part of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bold,_revert,_discuss" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Bold, revert, discuss">"bold, revert, discuss"</a> (BRD) cycle, and the subject involves a number of separate changes you would like to see, try to break down the different changes, and your reasons and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> for each one, under separate subsection headings (<code>===Example===</code>). Mixing it all into one long post complicates discussion.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="SIG"></span><span class="anchor" id="SIGS"></span><span class="anchor" id="signature"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Sign your posts</a></b>. When you have the "<a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion" title="Special:Preferences">Enable quick topic adding</a>" preference enabled and use the "Add topic" link to create a new discussion, or reply to a comment using the "reply" link, then your posts will be automatically signed.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Otherwise, you can sign manually using four tildes (<code>~~~~</code>), which turn into your username and a timestamp, like this: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">ExampleUser</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#c-Example-20241122140700-Good_practices_for_talk_pages" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)</a>.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Example-20241122140700-Good_practices_for_talk_pages"></span></sup><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Example-20241122140700-Good_practices_for_talk_pages"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="MINOR"></span><span class="anchor" id="minor"></span>The <b><a href="/wiki/Help:Minor_edit" title="Help:Minor edit">minor</a> flag</b> is only for typographical corrections, formatting fixes, and similar changes that do not substantively change content.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Behavior_that_is_unacceptable" data-mw-thread-id="h-Behavior_that_is_unacceptable-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Behavior_that_is_unacceptable-Central_points"></span>Behavior that is unacceptable<span id="NO"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Behavior_that_is_unacceptable-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TPNO"></span><span id="WP:TALKNO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPNO&redirect=no">WP:TPNO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKNO&redirect=no">WP:TALKNO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Disputeresolution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Disputeresolution.svg/310px-Disputeresolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Disputeresolution.svg/465px-Disputeresolution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Disputeresolution.svg/620px-Disputeresolution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="505"/></a><figcaption>Stay in the top three sections of this pyramid.</figcaption></figure> <p>Please note that some of the following are of sufficient importance to be official Wikipedia policy. Violations (and especially repeated violations) may lead to the offender being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocked</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">banned</a> from editing Wikipedia. </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">Personal attacks</a></b>. This includes: <ul><li><b>Insults</b>: Do not make <a href="/wiki/Ad_hominem" title="Ad hominem">ad hominem</a> attacks, such as calling someone an <a href="/wiki/Idiot" title="Idiot">idiot</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascist</a>. Instead, explain what is wrong with an edit and how to fix it.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="THREAT"></span><b>Personal threats</b>: For example, threatening people with "admins [you] know" or with having them banned for disagreeing with you. However, explaining to an editor the consequences of violating Wikipedia policies, like being blocked for vandalism, is not considered a threat.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">Legal threats</a></b>: Threatening a lawsuit is highly disruptive to Wikipedia for reasons given at the linked page.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Posting other editors' personal details</a></b>: A user who maliciously posts what they believe are the personal details of another user without that user's consent may be blocked for any length of time, including indefinitely.</li></ul></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="misrepresent"></span><b>Misrepresenting other people:</b> The record should accurately show significant exchanges that have taken place and in the correct context. This usually means: <ul><li>Being <b>precise</b> in quoting others.</li> <li>When referencing other people's contributions or edits, <b>use "<a href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">diffs</a>"</b>. The advantage of diffs in referring to a comment is that the diff will always remain the same, even when a talk page gets <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archived</a> or a comment gets changed.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Generally</a></b>, do not alter others' comments, including signatures. <b>Exceptions</b> to this are described in the <a href="#Editing_others'_comments">next section</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Asking for another's personal details</b>.</li> <li><b>Attempting to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures#Signature_forgery" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">impersonate another editor</a></b>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Impersonating_an_administrator" title="Wikipedia:Impersonating an administrator">Claiming to be an administrator</a></b> or to have an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">access level</a> that you do not have. User access levels can always be verified at <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers" title="Special:ListUsers">Special:ListUsers</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#not_a_forum" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Using the talk page as a forum</a></b> for discussing the topic, nor as a <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">soapbox</a></b> for promoting your views. The talk page is for discussing how to <i>improve</i> the article, not venting your feelings about it.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing_others'_comments" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_others'_comments-Central_points"><span id="Editing_others.27_comments"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_others'_comments-Central_points"></span>Editing others' comments<span id="EDIT"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_others'_comments-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:TPO" redirects here. For talk page order, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TALKORDER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TALKORDER">WP:TALKORDER</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TPO"></span><span id="WP:TPOC"></span><span id="WP:TALKO"></span><span id="WP:OTHERSCOMMENTS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPO&redirect=no">WP:TPO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPOC&redirect=no">WP:TPOC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKO&redirect=no">WP:TALKO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OTHERSCOMMENTS&redirect=no">WP:OTHERSCOMMENTS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>It is not necessary to bring talk pages to publishing standards, so there is no need to <a href="/wiki/Copy_edit" class="mw-redirect" title="Copy edit">copy edit</a> others' posts. Doing so can be irritating. The basic rule, with exceptions outlined below, is to not edit or delete others' posts without their permission. </p><p><b>Never</b> edit or move someone's comment to change its meaning, <i>even on your own talk page</i>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="striking"></span><span class="anchor" id="Striking_text"></span>Striking out text with <code class="nowrap" style=""><s>...</s></code> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Strike">strike</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or marking text as deleted with <code class="nowrap" style=""><del>...</del></code> constitutes a change in meaning. It should be done only by the user who wrote it, or as otherwise provided in this talk page guideline. </p> <p><span class="anchor" id="INTERLEAVE"></span><span class="anchor" id="INTERLEAVING"></span><span class="anchor" id="interleaving"></span><span class="anchor" id="Interleaving_replies"></span><span class="anchor" id="INTERPOLATE"></span><span class="anchor" id="INTERPOLATED"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INTERLEAVE"></span><span id="WP:INTERPOLATE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INTERLEAVE&redirect=no">WP:INTERLEAVE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INTERPOLATE&redirect=no">WP:INTERPOLATE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Generally, you should not break up another editor's text by interleaving or interpolating your own replies to individual points. This causes confusion with who said what and obscures the original editor's intent. </p><p>In your own posts, you may wish to use the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Talk_quotation" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Talk quotation">Talk quotation</a>}}</code> or <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Talkquote" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Talkquote">Talkquote</a>}}</code> templates to quote others' posts. </p><p>Cautiously editing or removing another editor's comments is sometimes allowed, but normally you should stop if there is any objection. If you make anything more than minor changes, it is good practice to leave a short explanatory note such as "[potential libel removed by ~~~~]". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments-Editing_others'_comments"><span id="Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others.27_comments"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments-Editing_others'_comments"></span>Examples of appropriately editing others' comments<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_of_appropriately_editing_others'_comments-Editing_others'_comments"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="permission"></span><span class="anchor" id="If_you_have_their_permission"></span>If you have their <b>permission</b>, e.g. by invocation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MUTUAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MUTUAL">WP:MUTUAL</a>.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="restoration"></span><span class="anchor" id="Restoration"></span><b>Restoration</b>: to restore comments vandalized or accidentally edited or deleted by others.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="owntalk"></span><b>Personal talk page cleanup</b>: See the section <a href="#OWNTALK">§ User talk pages</a> for more details.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="prohibited"></span><span class="anchor" id="Removing_prohibited_material"></span><b>Removing prohibited material</b> such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Libel" title="Wikipedia:Libel">libel</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">legal threats</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Outing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Outing">personal details</a>; content that is illegal under US law; or violations of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">copyright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">living persons</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">anti-promotional</a> policies. (See also <a href="#sockvote">below</a> for removing comments by banned or blocked users.)</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="harmful"></span><span class="anchor" id="Removing_harmful_posts"></span><b>Removing harmful posts</b>, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">personal attacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">trolling</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>. This generally <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility#Removal_of_uncivil_comments" title="Wikipedia:Civility">does <i>not</i> extend</a> to messages that are merely <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility#Incivility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">uncivil</a>; deletions of simple invective <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks#Removal_of_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks"><i>are controversial</i></a>. Posts that may be considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">disruptive</a> in various ways are another borderline case and are usually best left as-is or <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archived</a>.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKOFFTOPIC"></span><span id="WP:COLLAPSENO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKOFFTOPIC&redirect=no">WP:TALKOFFTOPIC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COLLAPSENO&redirect=no">WP:COLLAPSENO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="off-topic"></span><span class="anchor" id="Off-topic_posts"></span><b>Off-topic posts</b>: Your idea of what is off topic may differ from what others think is off topic, so be sure to err on the side of caution. <ul><li><i><b>Collapse.</b></i> If a discussion goes off topic (per the above subsection <a href="#How_to_use_article_talk_pages">§ How to use article talk pages</a>), editors may hide it using <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Collapse_top" title="Template:Collapse top">Collapse top</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>/<span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Collapse_bottom" title="Template:Collapse bottom">Collapse bottom</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or similar templates. This normally has the effect of ending the off-topic discussion while allowing people to read it by pressing the "show" link. Involved parties must not use these templates to end a discussion over the objections of other editors.</li> <li><i><b>Move.</b></i> At times, it may make sense to move off-topic posts to a more appropriate talk page. Another form of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Refactoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Refactoring">refactoring</a> is to move a thread of entirely personal commentary between two editors to the talk page of the editor who started the off-topic discussion. The template {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Rf" title="Template:Rf">subst:Rf</a>}} can be used to denote the original source page of the content.</li> <li><i><b>Delete.</b></i> It is common to simply delete gibberish, test edits, harmful or prohibited material (as described above), and comments or discussion clearly about the article's subject itself (as opposed to comments and discussion about the treatment of the subject in the article).</li></ul></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Moving_edits_to_closed_discussions"></span><b>Moving edits to closed discussions</b>: A discussion which has been closed with the {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Archive" title="Template:Archive">subst:Archive</a>}} or similar template is intended to be preserved as-is and should not be edited. Subsequent edits inside of an archive box should not be removed for this sole reason, but may be moved below the box to preserve the integrity of the closed discussion.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="unsigned"></span><span class="anchor" id="Attributing_unsigned_comments"></span><b>Attributing unsigned comments</b>: If a comment is unsigned you can find out, from the page history, who posted it and append attribution to it, typically using {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Unsigned" title="Template:Unsigned">subst:Unsigned</a>}}: <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Unsigned" title="Template:Unsigned">subst:Unsigned</a>|<var>USER NAME OR IP</var>|<var>DATE AND TIME</var>}}</code>. The date and time parameter is optional.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="sigclean"></span><span class="anchor" id="Signature_cleanup"></span><b>Signature cleanup</b>: If a signature violates the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">guidelines for signatures</a>, or is an attempt to fake a signature, you may edit the signature to the standard form with correct information <code>—{{<a href="/wiki/Template:User" title="Template:User">subst:User</a>|<var>USERNAME</var>}} <var>TIMESTAMP OF EDIT</var> (UTC)</code> or some even simpler variant. Do not modify the signature on others' posts for any other reason. If the user's signature contains a coding error, ask the user to fix the problem in their preferences (but see "<a href="#fixlayout">Fixing layout errors</a>", below).</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="fixformat"></span><span class="anchor" id="Fixing_format_errors"></span><b>Fixing format errors</b> that render material difficult to read. In this case, restrict the edits to formatting changes <i>only</i> and preserve the content as much as possible. Examples include: <ul><li>Fixing indentation levels</li> <li>Removing bullets from discussions that are not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Polling_is_not_a_substitute_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Polling is not a substitute for discussion">consensus polls</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">requests for comment (RfC)</a></li> <li>Fixing list markup (to <a href="/wiki/MOS:LISTGAP" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:LISTGAP">avoid disruption</a> of <a href="/wiki/Screen_readers" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen readers">screen readers</a>, for instance)</li> <li>Using <code class="nowrap" style=""><code></code>, <code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki></code> and other technical markup to fix code samples</li> <li>Providing wikilinks if it helps in better navigation</li> <li>Adding <span class="nowrap"><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Reflist-talk" title="Template:Reflist-talk">Reflist-talk</a>}}</code></span> so that <code class="nowrap" style=""><ref>...</ref></code>-type material is emitted immediately instead of at the end of the entire page. <span class="nowrap"><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Sources-talk" title="Template:Sources-talk">Sources-talk</a>}}</code></span> does the same while collapsing the references to reduce vertical scrolling.</li></ul></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="fixlayout"></span><span class="anchor" id="Fixing_layout_errors"></span><b>Fixing layout errors</b>, which could include: <ul><li>Moving a new discussion from the top of a page to the bottom</li> <li>Moving a comment for chronological order within a reply sequence</li> <li>Adding a heading to a comment not having one</li> <li>Repairing accidental damage by one party to another's comments</li> <li>Correcting unclosed markup tags that mess up the entire page's formatting</li> <li>Accurately replacing HTML table code with a wikitable</li></ul></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="section"></span><span class="anchor" id="Sectioning"></span><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Refactoring#Resectioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Refactoring">Sectioning</a></b>: If a thread has developed new subjects, it may be desirable to split it into separate discussions with their own headings or subheadings. When a topic is split into two topics, rather than sub-sectioned, it is often useful for there to be a link from the new topic to the original and vice versa. A common way of doing this is noting the change at the [then-]end of the original thread, and adding an unobtrusive note under the new heading, e.g., <code>:<small>This topic was split off from [[#<var>FOOBAR</var>]], above.</small></code>. Some reformatting may be necessary to maintain the sense of the discussion to date and to preserve attribution. It is essential that splitting does not inadvertently alter the meaning of any comments. Very long discussions may also be divided into sub-sections.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="id"></span><span class="anchor" id="IDs"></span><b>IDs</b>: Where sectioning is not appropriate, adding <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Anchor" title="Template:Anchor">Anchor</a>}}</code> or <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Visible_anchor" title="Template:Visible anchor">Visible anchor</a>}}</code> for deep linking.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SECTIONHEADINGOWN"></span><span id="WP:SHOWN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SECTIONHEADINGOWN&redirect=no">WP:SECTIONHEADINGOWN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SHOWN&redirect=no">WP:SHOWN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="heading"></span><span class="anchor" id="Section_headings"></span><b>Section headings</b>: Because threads are shared by multiple editors (regardless of how many have posted so far), no one, including the original poster, "owns" a talk page discussion or its heading. It is generally acceptable to change headings when a better heading is appropriate, e.g., one more accurately describing the content of the discussion or the issue discussed, less one-sided, more appropriate for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">accessibility reasons</a>, etc. Whenever a change is likely to be controversial, avoid disputes by discussing a heading change with the editor who started the thread, if possible. It can also sometimes be appropriate to merge entire sections under one heading (often preserving the later one as a subheading) if their discussions are redundant.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>In order to ensure links to the old section heading (including automatically generated links in watchlists, page and contributions histories, etc.) continue to work, one should use one of the following templates to <a href="/wiki/HTML_anchor" class="mw-redirect" title="HTML anchor">anchor</a> the old heading: <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Thread_retitled" title="Template:Thread retitled">Thread retitled</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Visible_anchor" title="Template:Visible anchor">Visible anchor</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Anchor" title="Template:Anchor">Anchor</a>}}</code>. To place the anchor within the heading line instead of below it (thereby preserving the original link behavior), use: <span class="nowrap"><code>== New heading <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Anchor" title="Template:Anchor">subst:anchor</a>|Old heading}}</code> ==</code></span>.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>Link markup may be removed from section headings, but the link should be re-created at the first use of the term, or in a hatnote. Template markup should be removed, as this is likely to break links to the heading.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="dupes"></span><b>Removing duplicate sections</b>: Where an editor has inadvertently saved the same new section or comment twice. Note: this does not mean people who repeat a point deliberately.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="fixlink"></span><span class="anchor" id="Disambiguating_or_fixing_links"></span><span class="anchor" id="Fixing_links"></span><b>Fixing links</b>: if the linked-to page has moved, a talk page section has been archived, the link is simply broken by a typographical error, or it unintentionally points to a disambiguation page etc. Do not change links in others' posts to go to entirely different pages. If in doubt, ask the editor in question to update their own post, or add a follow-up comment of your own suggesting the alternative link. Only fix a link to a template that has been replaced or deprecated if the effect of the new template is essentially the same as what the poster used (otherwise, simply allow the post to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">red link</a> to the old template, as a broken post is preferable to one with altered meaning). Internal links made using full URLs may be converted to wikilinks or protocol-relative URLs (by dropping the part before the "//"), so that they will work across protocols (http:// vs. https://) and between our desktop and mobile sites.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="imagehide"></span><span class="anchor" id="imageresize"></span><span class="anchor" id="Hiding_or_resizing_images"></span><b>Hiding or resizing images</b>: You may hide an image (e.g., change <code>[[File:Foo.jpg|...details...]]</code> to <code>[[:File:Foo.jpg|...details...]]</code> by adding a colon) <i>once discussion of it has ended</i>. This is especially appropriate for "warning" and "alert" icons included in bot-posted notices which are usually quickly resolved. It's OK to re-size images to a smaller size if they take too much space on a talk page.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="Nonfreeimages"></span><span class="anchor" id="Non-free_images"></span><b>Non-free images</b>: Non-free images <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">must not be displayed on talk pages</a>. If they are being discussed, they must be hidden by linking them with a colon—as described in "Hiding or resizing images", above. If they are included for decorative purposes, they must be removed.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="stoptransclude"></span><span class="anchor" id="Deactivating_templates_and_categories"></span><span class="anchor" id="deactivate"></span><b>Deactivating templates, categories, and interlanguage links</b>: You may prevent templates from being transcluded (e.g., change <span class="nowrap"><code>{{<var style="padding-right: 1px;">Template name</var>}}</code></span> to <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Tl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Tl">tl</a>|<var style="padding-right: 1px;">Template name</var>}}</code>) if the poster clearly intended to discuss the template rather than use it. You may deactivate category links (e.g., change <code>[[Category:Foobar]]</code> to <code>[[:Category:Foobar]]</code> by inserting a colon) to prevent the page being inappropriately added to a discussed category. You may deactivate interlanguage links (e.g., change <code>[[it:Foobar]]</code> to <code>[[:it:Foobar]]</code> by inserting a colon) when the link to a page on another language's Wikipedia is meant to appear inline rather than to serve as an interlanguage link for the page.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="oldcode"></span><span class="anchor" id="Hiding_old_code_samples"></span><b>Hiding old code samples</b>: You may redact (replace with a note, or <a href="/wiki/Template:Collapse_top" title="Template:Collapse top">collapse</a>) large code samples <i>once discussion of the sample has ended</i>; for instance fulfilled <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_fully-protected" title="Template:Edit fully-protected">Edit fully-protected</a>}}</code> requests.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="reviewpages"></span><span class="anchor" id="On_some_review_pages"></span><b>Review pages</b>: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">Peer reviews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations">good article reviews</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates">featured article candidates</a> are collaborative processes in which a reviewer may provide a list of comments on an article; most editors expect the responses to be interspersed among these comments. An example is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/No._450_Squadron_RAAF/archive1" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No. 450 Squadron RAAF/archive1">here</a>; note that you should not modify the comments themselves in any way.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="sockvote"></span><b>Removing</b> or <b>striking through</b> comments made by blocked <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">sock puppets</a> of users editing in violation of a block or ban. Comments made by a sock with no replies may simply be removed with an appropriate edit summary. If comments are part of an active discussion, they should be struck instead of removed, along with a short explanation following the stricken text or at the bottom of the thread. There is not typically a need to strike comments in discussions that have been closed or archived.</li> <li><span class="anchor" id="empty_edit_requests"></span><b>Empty edit requests</b>. If considered necessary, it is acceptable to remove from a Talk page an edit request that does not include a description of the requested change. Consider placing <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Empty_edit_request" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Empty edit request">subst:empty edit request</a>}}</code> on the User Talk page of a user who has posted an empty edit request.</li></ul> <p><span class="anchor" id="summarize"></span><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_consultation_2019/Discussion_tools_in_the_past" class="extiw" title="mw:Talk pages consultation 2019/Discussion tools in the past">In the past</a>, it was standard practice to "summarize" talk page comments, but this practice has fallen out of use. On regular wikis with no "talk" tab, the summary would end up as the final page content. Wikipedia has separate tabs for article content and discussion pages. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Refactoring_talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages">Refactoring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a> are still appropriate, but should be done with courtesy and reversed on protest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing_own_comments" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_own_comments-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_own_comments-Central_points"></span>Editing own comments<span id="REPLIED"></span><span id="Replied"></span><span id="REVISE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_own_comments-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:REDACT" redirects here. For information about redaction from logs or page history, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Wikipedia:Revision deletion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Wikipedia:Oversight</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Wikipedia:Edit comment" redirects here. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">Help:Edit summary</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALK#REPLIED"></span><span id="WP:TALK#REVISE"></span><span id="WP:REDACTED"></span><span id="WP:REDACT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#REPLIED">WP:TALK#REPLIED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALK&redirect=no#REVISE">WP:TALK#REVISE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDACTED&redirect=no">WP:REDACTED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDACT&redirect=no">WP:REDACT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>So long as no one has yet responded to your comment, it's accepted and common practice that you may continue to edit your remarks for a short while to correct mistakes, add links or otherwise improve them. If you've accidentally posted to the wrong page or section or if you've simply changed your mind, it's been only a short while and no one has yet responded, you may remove your comment entirely. </p><p>But if anyone has already replied to or quoted your original comment, changing your comment may deprive any replies of their original context, and this should be avoided. Once others have replied, or even if no one's replied but it's been more than a short while, if you wish to change or delete your comment, it is commonly best practice to indicate your changes. An exception to this rule may be permitted if there is only one reply and it invokes <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MUTUAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MUTUAL">WP:MUTUAL</a>. </p> <ul><li>Any deleted text should be marked with <code><del>...</del></code>, which renders in most browsers as struck-through text, e.g., <del>deleted</del>.</li> <li>Any inserted text should be marked with <code><ins>...</ins></code>, which renders in most browsers as underlined text, e.g., <ins>inserted</ins>.</li> <li>Inserting text without deleting any text is ambiguous, since some editors use <u>underscore</u> for emphasis (despite guidance to use <i>italics</i>). For example: "You commented <ins>in April</ins> after the previous discussion." Is that insertion, or emphasis? This problem can be avoided by deleting one word and then re-inserting it, as:<br/><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-text mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr">You <del>commented</del> <ins>commented in April</ins> after the previous discussion.</code><br/>Thus: "You <del>commented</del> <ins>commented in April</ins> after the previous discussion."</li> <li>Best practice is to add a new timestamp, e.g., <code><ins>; edited ~~~~~</ins></code>, using five tildes, immediately following the original timestamp at the end of your post.</li> <li>To add an explanation of your change, you may add a new comment directly below your original or elsewhere in discussion as may be most appropriate; insert a comment in square brackets, e.g., <i>"the default width is <del>100px</del> <ins>120px</ins> [the default changed last month]"</i>, or use <code>[[#New section|<sup>[corrected]</sup>]]</code> to insert a superscript note, e.g. <a href="#New_section"><sup>[corrected]</sup></a>, linking to a later subsection for a detailed explanation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-compliance" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-compliance-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-compliance-Central_points"></span>Non-compliance<span id="IGNORE"></span><span id="‎Ignoring_comments"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-compliance-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <p>Persistently formatting your comments on a talk page in a non-compliant manner, after friendly notification by other editors, is a mild form of disruption. After you have been alerted to specific aspects of these guidelines (such as indentation, sectioning, and signatures), you are expected to make a reasonable effort to follow those conventions. Other editors may simply ignore additional posts that flagrantly disregard the talk page formatting standards. You can also expect to have your mis-formatted posts <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Refactoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Refactoring">refactored</a> to comply. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disputes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disputes-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disputes-Central_points"></span>Disputes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disputes-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <p>If you have a disagreement or a problem with someone's behavior, please read <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Wikipedia:Dispute resolution</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closing_discussions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Closing_discussions-Central_points"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Closing_discussions-Central_points"></span>Closing discussions<span id="cld"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Closing_discussions-Central_points"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Closing_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Closing discussions">Wikipedia:Closing discussions</a></div> <p>Closing a discussion means summarizing the results, and identifying any consensus that has been achieved. A rule of thumb is that discussions should be kept open at least a week before closing, although there are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Snowball_clause" title="Wikipedia:Snowball clause">some</a> exceptions to this. </p><p>Any <i>uninvolved</i> editor may write a closing statement for most discussions, not just admins. However, if the discussion is particularly contentious or the results are especially unclear, then a request specifically for a closing statement from an <i>uninvolved administrator</i> may be preferable. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Requesting_a_close" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requesting_a_close-Closing_discussions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requesting_a_close-Closing_discussions"></span>Requesting a close<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requesting_a_close-Closing_discussions"></span></h4></div> <p>Any participant in a discussion may request that an <i>uninvolved</i> editor or admin formally close any type of discussion (not just RFCs), if any one or more of the following criteria are true: </p> <ul><li>the consensus remains unclear to the participants,</li> <li>the issue is a contentious one, or</li> <li>there are wiki-wide implications to the decision.</li></ul> <p>Please do not request a closing statement from an <i>uninvolved</i> editor unless one of these three criteria have been met. </p><p>You may request that an uninvolved editor formally close a discussion by placing a note at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Closure_requests" title="Wikipedia:Closure requests">Wikipedia:Closure requests</a>. Please ensure that any request there seeking a close is neutrally worded, and do not use that board to continue the discussion in question. If you are requesting attention specifically from an admin, then please state that clearly in your request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marking_a_closed_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Marking_a_closed_discussion-Closing_discussions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Marking_a_closed_discussion-Closing_discussions"></span>Marking a closed discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Marking_a_closed_discussion-Closing_discussions"></span></h4></div> <p>When an issue has been resolved without controversy, this may be marked simply by adding the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Resolved" title="Template:Resolved">Resolved</a>}}</code> template at the top of the thread, adding a brief statement of <i>how</i> the issue was dealt with. If you took action yourself to resolve the issue you may instead use the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Done" title="Template:Done">Done</a>}}</code> template in your own final comment stating what you did. Adding one of these templates will help future readers to spot more quickly those issues that remain unresolved. </p><p>When a more complex discussion has been closed, to discourage any further comments you may optionally use the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Archive_top" title="Template:Archive top">Archive top</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Archive_bottom" title="Template:Archive bottom">Archive bottom</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates (although some particular types of discussion, such as those which concern whether to delete or rename a page, have their own specialized templates) — <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Archive_top" title="Template:Archive top">Archive top</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Archive_bottom" title="Template:Archive bottom">Archive bottom</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates should not be used by involved parties to end a discussion over the objections of other editors. For example: </p><p><code>{{Archive top|result=Consensus below is in favor of this proposal. (detailed explanation) ~~~~}}<br/> Discussion text...<br/> {{Archive bottom}}</code> </p><p>... which produces: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1250141580">.mw-parser-output .archive-top{background-color:#EDEAFF;color:inherit;padding:0 0.6em;border:1px solid #8779DD}.mw-parser-output .archive-top-result .side-box-abovebelow{background-color:#c3c3c3;color:inherit;text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .archive-top{background-color:#181424;border:1px solid #8072d6;color:#fff}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .archive-top-result .side-box-abovebelow{background-color:#141126;color:#fff}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .archive-top{background-color:#181424;border:1px solid #8072d6;color:#fff}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .archive-top-result .side-box-abovebelow{background-color:#141126;color:#fff}}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .archive-top-result{width:30%}}</style><div class="boilerplate archived archive-top mw-archivedtalk" style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right archive-top-result" style="padding: 10px; line-height: inherit;"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text" style="padding: 0;">Consensus below is in favor of this proposal. (detailed explanation) ~~~~</div></div> </div> <div class="boilerplate-header" style="margin-left: 1.6em; font-style: italic;"> <p>The following discussion is closed. <strong style="color: var(--color-error, red);">Please do not modify it.</strong> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. </p> </div> <hr/> <p>Discussion text... </p> <div style="padding-left: 1.6em; font-style: italic; border-top: 1px solid #a2a9b1; margin: 0.5em 0; padding-top: 0.5em">The discussion above is closed. <b style="color: var(--color-error, red);">Please do not modify it.</b> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.</div> </div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>If a discussion has been so disruptive or pointless that it is better for editors to waste no further time even looking at it, the alternative templates <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Hidden_archive_top" title="Template:Hidden archive top">Hidden archive top</a>}}</code> and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Hidden_archive_bottom" title="Template:Hidden archive bottom">Hidden archive bottom</a>}}</code> can be used instead, to produces a similar "closure box" around it, but collapsed to hide the content, as with <a href="#Off-topic_posts">off-topic threads</a>. If a particular unconstructive block of an otherwise useful discussion should be hidden, use <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Collapse_top" title="Template:Collapse top">Collapse top</a>}}</code> and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Collapse_bottom" title="Template:Collapse bottom">Collapse bottom</a>}}</code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Technical_and_format_standards" data-mw-thread-id="h-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Technical and format standards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Layout" data-mw-thread-id="h-Layout-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Layout-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Layout<span class="anchor" id="THREAD"></span><span class="anchor" id="Thread"></span><span class="anchor" id="thread"></span><span class="anchor" id="LAYOUT"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Layout-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_layout" title="Wikipedia:Talk page layout">Wikipedia:Talk page layout</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TOPPOST"></span><span id="WP:BOTTOMPOST"></span><span id="WP:INTERSPERSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TOPPOST&redirect=no">WP:TOPPOST</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BOTTOMPOST&redirect=no">WP:BOTTOMPOST</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INTERSPERSE&redirect=no">WP:INTERSPERSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><b>Start new topics at the bottom of the page</b>: If you put a post at the top of the page, it is confusing and can easily be overlooked. The latest topic should be the one at the bottom of the page, then the next post will go underneath yours and so on. This makes it easy to see the chronological order of posts. A quick way to do this is to use the "New section" tab next to the "Edit" button on the talk page you are on.</li> <li><b>Avoid excessive use of color and other font gimmicks</b>: The advice at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Color" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility § Color</a> is as applicable to talk pages as it is anywhere else. And your post is not more important than anyone else's, so it should not be in huge, purple text.</li> <li><b>Separate multiple paragraphs with whitespace</b>: If a single post has several points, it makes it clearer to separate them with a paragraph break (i.e. a blank line). Exception: Do not use blank lines between lines starting with asterisks (*), colons (:), semicolons (;), or number/hash signs (#). (See section below.) An alternative is using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Pb" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pb">pb</a>}}</code> ("paragraph break") template inline in the text without manually linebreaking on either side of it: <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.<code>{{pb}}</code>Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation.</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indentation_and_screen_readers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Indentation_and_screen_readers-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Indentation_and_screen_readers-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Indentation and screen readers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Indentation_and_screen_readers-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKGAP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKGAP&redirect=no">WP:TALKGAP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd><i><b>Summary:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LISTGAP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LISTGAP">WP:LISTGAP</a> fixes: don't change list type, don't skip indentation levels, no extra spaces between replies.</i></dd></dl> <ul><li>Avoid adding blank lines between <em>any</em> lines that begin with wikitext symbols for lists, because this increases the complexity of the generated HTML code and creates <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Bulleted_vertical_lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">accessibility problems</a> for people using <a href="/wiki/Screen_readers" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen readers">screen readers</a>. These symbols include: <ul><li>asterisks (<code>*</code>), which make bulleted lists;</li> <li>hash symbols (<code>#</code>), which make numbered lists;</li> <li>semi-colons (<code>;</code>), which make the first half of an HTML association list (rendered as bold-faced text); and</li> <li>colons (<code>:</code>), which make the second half of an HTML association list, but which are popularly used for the resulting visual indentation effect.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Thread your post</b>: Use indentation as shown in <a href="/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages#Indentation" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using talk pages">Help:Using talk pages § Indentation</a>, to clearly indicate to whom you are replying, as with usual <a href="/wiki/Threaded_discussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Threaded discussion">threaded discussions</a>. Normally colons are used, not bullet points (although the latter are commonly used at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">AfD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Categories for discussion">CfD</a>, etc.).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>New topics and headings on talk pages<span id="HEADER"></span><span id="HEADING"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-New_topics_and_headings_on_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKHEADING"></span><span id="WP:TALKHEADER"></span><span id="WP:TALKNEW"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKHEADING&redirect=no">WP:TALKHEADING</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKHEADER&redirect=no">WP:TALKHEADER</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKNEW&redirect=no">WP:TALKNEW</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><b>Start new topics at the bottom of the page</b>: If you put a post at the top of the page, it is confusing and can also get easily overlooked. The latest topic should be the one at the bottom of the page.</li> <li><b>Make a new heading for a new topic</b>: It will then be clearly separated into its own <a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">section</a> and will also appear in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Section#Table_of_contents_(TOC)" title="Help:Section">TOC</a> (table of contents) at the top of the page. A heading is easy to create with == on either side of the words, as in ==Heading==. The "Post a comment" feature can be used to do this automatically. (If you are using the default <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin" title="Wikipedia:Skin">skin</a>, you can use the "<b>New section</b>" tab next to the "Edit this page" tab instead.) Enter a subject/heading in the resulting edit page, and it will automatically become the section heading.</li> <li><b>Don't create a new heading that duplicates an existing heading</b>: If you are responding to a comment or adding to a discussion on a particular topic, respond after the comment or at the bottom of the existing section.</li> <li><b>Make the heading clear and specific as to the article topic discussed</b>: It should be clear from the heading which aspect of the article (template, etc.) you wish to discuss. Don't write <i>"This article is wrong"</i> but address the specific issue you want to discuss. A related article Edit, actual or potential, should be traceable to that Talk-page heading.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKHEADPOV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKHEADPOV&redirect=no">WP:TALKHEADPOV</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <b>Keep headings neutral</b>: A heading should indicate what the topic is, but not communicate a specific view about it. <ul><li><b>Don't praise in headings</b>: You might wish to commend a particular edit, but this could be seen in a different light by someone who disagrees with the edit.</li> <li><b>Don't criticize in headings</b>: This includes being critical about details of the article. Those details were written by individual editors, who may interpret the heading as an attack on them.</li> <li><b>Don't address other users in a heading</b>: Headings invite all users to comment. Headings may be <i>about</i> specific edits but not specifically <i>about the user</i>. (Some exceptions are made at administrative noticeboards, where reporting problems by name is normal.)</li> <li><b>Never use headings to attack other users</b>: While <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">no personal attacks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assuming good faith</a> apply everywhere at Wikipedia, using headings to attack other users by naming them in the heading is especially <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/egregious" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:egregious">egregious</a>, as it places their names prominently in the Table of Contents, and can thus enter that heading in the edit summary of the page's edit history. As edit summaries and edit histories are not normally subject to revision, that wording can then haunt them and damage their credibility for an indefinite time period, even though edit histories are <a href="/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Robots exclusion standard">excluded from search engines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reporting on another user's edits from a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> is an exception, especially reporting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">edit warring</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">other incidents</a> to administrators.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Create subsections if helpful</b>: Talk page discussions should be concise, so if a single discussion becomes particularly long, it may then become helpful to start a subsection (to facilitate the involvement of editors with a slower computer or Internet connection). Since the main section title will no longer appear in edit summaries, choose a connotative title; for example, in the section <i>References used more than once</i>, the subsection title <i>References: arbitrary break</i> might be used. If creating arbitrary breaks, ensure that sections end with a clear indication of the poster. (This method is preferable to using templates like <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Hidden" title="Template:Hidden">Hidden</a>}}</code>.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Links,_time,_and_page_name" data-mw-thread-id="h-Links,_time,_and_page_name-Technical_and_format_standards"><span id="Links.2C_time.2C_and_page_name"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Links,_time,_and_page_name-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Links, time, and page name<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Links,_time,_and_page_name-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b>Make links freely</b>: Links to articles are as useful on talk pages as anywhere else, and links to non-existent articles can help get them onto the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles" title="Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles">most-wanted articles</a> list.</li> <li><b>Use <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">Coordinated Universal Time</a>, when referring to a time</b>, e.g., the time of an edit or page move.</li> <li><b>When mentioning the name of the page, cite the current name</b>: This applies when a page is moved (i.e. retitled). In such a case, the Talk page is usually also moved. If you continue to use the old name, it will be confusing, especially for new editors to the article.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archiving" data-mw-thread-id="h-Archiving-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Archiving-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Archiving<span id="ARCHIVE"></span><span id="When_to_archive_pages"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Archiving-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKCOND"></span><span id="WP:TALKSIZE"></span><span id="WP:ARCHIVENOTDELETE"></span><span id="WP:PREMATUREARCHIVE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKCOND&redirect=no">WP:TALKCOND</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKSIZE&redirect=no">WP:TALKSIZE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ARCHIVENOTDELETE&redirect=no">WP:ARCHIVENOTDELETE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PREMATUREARCHIVE&redirect=no">WP:PREMATUREARCHIVE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the guideline on user talk pages, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OWNTALK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OWNTALK">WP:OWNTALK</a>.</div> <p>Large talk pages are difficult to read and load slowly over slow connections. As a rule of thumb, archive closed discussions when a talk page exceeds 75 KB in wikitext or has numerous resolved or stale discussions – see <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">Help:Archiving a talk page</a>. Apart from the exception described in <a href="#OWNTALK">WP:OWNTALK</a>, discussions should be archived, not blanked. </p><p>If a thread has been archived prematurely, such as when it is still relevant to current work or was not concluded, unarchive it by copying it back to the talk page from the archive, and deleting it from the archive. Do not unarchive a thread that was effectively closed; instead, start a new discussion and link to the archived prior discussion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Centralized_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Centralized_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Centralized_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Centralized talk pages<span id="TALKCENT"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Centralized_talk_pages-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKCENT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKCENT&redirect=no">WP:TALKCENT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">Wikipedia:Centralized discussion</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the advice to keep discussions centralized, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking/Internal#Discussion_forks" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal">Wikipedia:Content forking/Internal § Discussion forks</a>.</div> <p>Often, there are a number of related pages that would benefit from one single talk page for discussions. For example, a list article may have grown too large and was split alphabetically. Or there may be a set of templates that are used together or interrelated MediaWiki interface pages. </p><p>Before implementing a centralized talk page, consider first gaining consensus for your proposal. The main discussion would usually be on the proposed centralized talk page with notices on the pages to be redirected. Notices may be placed on related pages as needed; for example, a relevant WikiProject page or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)</a>. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Centralize_notice" title="Template:Centralize notice">Centralize notice</a>}}</code> may be used to note the proposal. </p><p>If consensus is gained, then: </p> <ol><li>Archive current discussions on all the talk pages to be centralized; see <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">Help:Archiving a talk page</a></li> <li>Check each talk page for subpages. These are usually archived discussions, but other subpages are sometimes created, such as drafts or reviews. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages#Finding_subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Wikipedia:Subpages#Finding subpages</a>.</li> <li>On the centralized talk page, list the redirected pages. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Central" title="Template:Central">Central</a>}}</code> is useful for this.</li> <li>On the centralized talk page, list all of the archived talk pages. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Archive_banner" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Archive banner">Archive banner</a>}}</code> is useful for this.</li> <li>Redirect each talk page to the desired talk page; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Wikipedia:Redirect</a>. It is recommended that an editnotice be created for the redirected talk pages; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editnotice" title="Wikipedia:Editnotice">Wikipedia:Editnotice</a>. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Editnotice_central_redirected" title="Template:Editnotice central redirected">Editnotice central redirected</a>}}</code> is useful for this.</li> <li>It is recommended that an editnotice be created for the centralized talk page. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Editnotice_central" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Editnotice central">Editnotice central</a>}}</code> is useful for this.</li> <li>Ensure that involved editors realize that they need to add the centralized talk page to their watchlist.</li></ol> <p>Examples of centralized talk pages: <a href="/wiki/Talk:List_of_aircraft" title="Talk:List of aircraft">Talk:List of aircraft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help_talk:Cite_errors" title="Help talk:Cite errors">Help talk:Cite errors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Help_talk:Footnotes" title="Help talk:Footnotes">Help talk:Footnotes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Common.css" title="MediaWiki talk:Common.css">MediaWiki talk:Common.css</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Using_a_FAQ" data-mw-thread-id="h-Using_a_FAQ-Technical_and_format_standards"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Using_a_FAQ-Technical_and_format_standards"></span>Using a FAQ<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Using_a_FAQ-Technical_and_format_standards"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TALKFAQ"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TALKFAQ&redirect=no">WP:TALKFAQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If the same issues arise repeatedly, it may be desirable to preserve a list of <a href="/wiki/Frequently_asked_questions" class="mw-redirect" title="Frequently asked questions">frequently asked questions</a> and their answers using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:FAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:FAQ">FAQ</a>}}</code> template. </p><p>The <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:FAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:FAQ">FAQ</a>}}</code> template is especially useful in cases in which: </p> <ol><li>The discussion forming the consensus was long, and not easy to follow</li> <li>The talk page gets archived such that old discussions are not readily available</li></ol> <p>It may be useful to add <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HIDDEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HIDDEN">hidden text</a> into the article (in the portion(s) of the article where an edit against the existing consensus would most likely occur) alerting editors of the FAQ, to discourage the edits against the existing consensus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="User_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_talk_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_talk_pages"></span>User talk pages<span id="OWNTALK"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_talk_pages"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Ownership_and_editing_of_user_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">Wikipedia:User pages § Ownership and editing of user pages</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OWNTALK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OWNTALK&redirect=no">WP:OWNTALK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>User talk pages are subject to the general userpage guidelines on handling inappropriate content (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Handling_inappropriate_content" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages § Handling inappropriate content</a>). </p><p>While the purpose of article talk pages is to discuss the content of articles, the purpose of user talk pages is to draw the attention or discuss the edits of a user. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_blog,_web_hosting_service,_social_networking_service,_or_memorial_site" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a social networking site</a>, and all discussion should ultimately be directed solely toward the improvement of the encyclopedia. User talk pages must serve their primary purpose, which is to make communication and collaboration among editors easier. Editors who refuse to use their talk page for these purposes are violating the spirit of the talk page guidelines, and are not acting collaboratively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Personal_talk_page_cleanup" data-mw-thread-id="h-Personal_talk_page_cleanup-User_talk_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Personal_talk_page_cleanup-User_talk_pages"></span>Personal talk page cleanup<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Personal_talk_page_cleanup-User_talk_pages"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Removal_of_comments,_notices,_and_warnings" title="Wikipedia:User pages">Wikipedia:User pages § Removal of comments, notices, and warnings</a></div> <p>The length of user talk pages, and the need for archiving, is left up to each editor's own discretion. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page" title="Help:Archiving a talk page">archiving</a> is preferred, users may freely remove comments from <i>their own</i> talk pages. Users may also remove some content in archiving. The removal of a warning is taken as evidence that the warning has been read by the user; this is true whether the removal was manual or automatic, and includes both registered and unregistered users. Some new users believe they can hide critical comments by deleting them. This is not true: Such comments can always be retrieved from the page history. </p><p>There are certain types of notices that users may not remove from their own talk pages, such as declined unblock requests and speedy deletion tags (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Removal_of_comments,_notices,_and_warnings" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages § Removal of comments, notices, and warnings</a> for full details). </p><p>User talk pages are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Deletion_of_user_talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">almost never deleted</a>, although a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Courtesy_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">courtesy blanking</a> may be requested. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Talk_page_search" data-mw-thread-id="h-Talk_page_search"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Talk_page_search"></span>Talk page search<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Talk_page_search"></span></h2></div> <p>You can use the <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" title="Special:Search">Special:Search</a> box below to locate Talk pages. See <a href="/wiki/Help:Searching" title="Help:Searching">Help:Searching</a> for more information. </p> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form-inline" action="/wiki/Special:Search"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="e.g. World War II" size="25" dir="ltr"/></div> <input type="hidden" name="ns1" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns1-0.309231985310" checked=""/> <input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search Talk namespace" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a> (how to be nice)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mutual_withdrawal" title="Wikipedia:Mutual withdrawal">Mutual withdrawal</a> (essay regarding a method which two editors can agree to withdraw their recent comments)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a> (treat all claims seriously)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a> (removing content from page history)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_dos_and_don%27ts" title="Wikipedia:Talk dos and don'ts">Talk dos and don'ts</a> (summary of policies of guidelines)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_layout" title="Wikipedia:Talk page layout">Talk page layout</a> (lead "bannerspace", table of contents, and discussions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_templates" title="Wikipedia:Talk page templates">Talk page templates</a> (how to use the banners)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> (what you can and can't have on your user pages)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Using_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Using talk pages">Using talk pages</a> (how talk pages work)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#CHAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">Wikipedia is not a blog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_forum" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a forum">Wikipedia is not a forum</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://orphantalk.toolforge.org/">OrphanTalk</a> (find orphaned talk pages)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">To see the "reply" link, you must have the "<a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion" title="Special:Preferences">Enable quick replying</a>" preference enabled. 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept 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