Help:Talk pages

Every wiki page has an associated talk page which can be used for discussion and communicating with other users. Talk pages can be accessed by clicking the Discussion tab at the top of the page. Simply edit the page as normal to add your comment.

A talk page is actually very similar to any other wiki page, but it is in the 'talk' namespace, to keep it separate from the articles in the 'main' namespace (See Help:namespaces) As with any wiki page, you can edit it, link to it, and view the editing history.

Editing conventions on talk pages
Having discussions on a free-form wiki page will seem strange at first. It helps if everyone follows some simple editing conventions:


 * Always sign your name after your comments. Use the four tildas ' ~ ' wiki syntax (or the toolbar button)
 * Start a new discussion with a  ==level 2 heading== 
 * Indent replies with colons (':') at the beginning of the line.

Example
Here is an example discussion, following the talk page conventions:

{| align="center"
 * |Wiki text
 * |Formatted talk page
 * |Formatted talk page

 == More spiders information needed ==   This page has a lot of detail about the web, but I really dont understand a single word of it, and it doesn't mention the spider once -- Bob Smith 18:07, 26 August 1991 (UTC)   : No no. This page is talking about the "world wide web". I have added a clarification at the top - User:Simon Brown 11:21, 28 August 1991(UTC)   :: Oh I see... So what's the big deal about hyperlinked documents? Seems like a stupid idea to me. -- Bob Smith 14:11, 3 September 1991 (UTC)   ::: Well I think we should have some information about it here on our wiki, but you're probably right. It'll never catch on. -- User:Simon Brown 21:55, 3 September 1991 (UTC) 

More spiders information needed
This page has a lot of detail about the web, but I really dont understand a single word of it, and it doesn't mention the spider once -- Bob Smith 18:07, 26 August 1991 (UTC)
 * No no. This page is talking about the "world wide web". I have added a clarification at the top - User:Simon Brown 11:21, 28 August 1991(UTC)
 * Oh I see... So what's the big deal about hyperlinked documents? Seems like a stupid idea to me. -- Bob Smith 14:11, 3 September 1991 (UTC)
 * Well I think we should have some information about it here on our wiki, but you're probably right. It'll never catch on. -- User:Simon Brown 21:55, 3 September 1991 (UTC)


 * }

Having discussions on a free-form wiki page will seem strange at first. It has some advantages over the conventional rigid forum format, but it can get a little messy. As with other wiki pages, anyone can help with tidying up discussions.