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This screencast is about communicating with
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other Wikipedia editors using talk pages.
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It covers what talk pages are for,
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how to use them effectively,
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and some of the conventions
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and etiquette to follow when using them.
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Talk pages are the main way
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editors communicate with each other on Wikipedia.
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Every page on Wikipedia,
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whether an article
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or a WikiProject
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or a userpage or something else,
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has a corresponding talk page,
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which you can get to by clicking the Talk tab.
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The talk page for an article
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is where editors discuss proposed changes,
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editing disagreements, and other topics
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related to improving the article.
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Other kinds of talk pages are for
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discussing Wikipedia's policies and processes and the like.
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User talk pages are for
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communicating with individual editors.
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When you leave a message on someone's user talk page,
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they will get a notification about the message
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the next time they are on Wikipedia.
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To post a new message on a talk page,
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you can click the "New section" tab,
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and then add your message and a headline for the new section.
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At the end of your message, you should sign it.
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Adding four tildes in the edit window
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will add a signature when you save it,
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with your username and a timestamp
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showing when you left the message.
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You can respond to someone else's comments
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by posting beneath them within the same section.
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Wikipedia discussions use indentation
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to created threaded discussions:
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each subsequent reply has a different level of indentation.
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The wiki markup for indentation is to
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start a line with one or more colons.
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Each colon creates another level of indentation,
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so replies should begin with
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one more colon than the previous comment.
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The keys to effective talk page discussions on Wikipedia
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are to be civil and address the article or topic at hand
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rather than making it personal,
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and to assume good faith on the part of other editors.
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Even if you think someone is doing something wrong or silly,
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they almost always have the same goal you do:
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to make Wikipedia better.
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And don't forget to sign your posts
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and leave an edit summary each time you add to a discussion.
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The easiest way to keep up
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with discussion you want to watch
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is to put the page on your watchlist.
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There are several other ways
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of following talk page activity;
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check out "Wikipedia:Syndication" for details.
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Happy editing!
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