Sallandman

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(although I see you've been here a while but someone should say hello!) --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Hatnote at Rupee

Looking at the hat-note at Ruble, I can see you have reasonable grounds for believing that the Rupee article should have a similar note. But it seems to me that the difference is that the Russian Ruble is by far the most likely target of a search whereas it is much less obvious that the same is true of the INR (and would just provoke a storm of "well, if they can have it then we are having it too" making the hat note the same as the lead. If you are unconvinced by my logic, it would be best to start a discussion at talk:Rupee. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:57, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

• I agree with your logic. Even more, I changed the hat-note at Ruble similarly to that of the Rupee. Soviet ruble is not less likely target of a search than Russian Ruble --Sallandman (talk) 18:05, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

  Good call. I agree. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:14, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Replying to a message on your talk page

I saw your reply above only because I did the Welcome pitch. If somebody leaves a message on your talk page, you can either reply on their talk page or you can use template:Reply to (or just {{re}} or {{rto}} for short). So in the example above, you would write:

{{rto|John Maynard Friedman}}, I agree with your logic etc etc

which produces:

@John Maynard Friedman:, I agree with your logic etc etc

and I (as the 'replyee') get a flag to tell me that there is a message here for me.

Personally I prefer the second technique, as do most experienced editors, because it keeps the 'thread' of the discussion clear rather than jumping back and forth. Some people do it on article talk pages to but I would only do that if I'm using a single statement that replies to more than one person. It is reasonable to assume, if an editor is contributing to a discussion about an article, that they have a watch on that article.

I hope this is useful. Happy editing! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:31, 16 July 2020 (UTC)