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 | This page in a nutshell: Please be sure to indent your replies by placing one (or more, as appropriate) colons at the beginning of your comment. |
This page is a quick explanation of how Wikipedians typically structure discussions.
This is a comment :This reply is indented
The above will display as:
This is a comment
- This replay is indented
For a slightly more complete (but confusing) explanation, see below.
MyNameWasTaken (talk) 22:01, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
This is a New Section edit
Traditionally, each discussion topic on a page (or talk page) has its own section. Use two equals signs to make a top-level header (i.e. == New Topic ==). -- PersonA
- A Response to the above comment should be indented, think of the conversation as being organized like an outline. This response is preceded by a colon to indent it one level (ex: :This is my reply to PersonA -- PersonB
- This is person A's response to person B, it is indented two levels and thus starts with a pair of colons (ex: ::This is my reply to PersonB's Reply to my original Comment ) -- PersonA
- If you are adding a comment to the original remark, as person C in this example, simply indent once. -- PersonC