Project:Talk Page Guidelines

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Most pages should follow the policy set out in the Editing Guidelines. Talk pages are different in nature; they are intended to be a place for discussion of the associated topic page.

Guidelines for talk pages:

• Sign your comment at the end, using four tildes (~~~~), as below:

I think those corn-starch packing peanuts are the bees knees -- ~~~~

...which will be transformed into:

I think those corn-starch packing peanuts are the bees knees -- Rob Linden 00:04, 24 March 2007 (PDT)

• If you are starting a new thread, use the "+" button to add it, or manually add a subject line within == signs
• If you are replying to a comment, indent it by prepending your comment with a colon. If the comment you are replying to is already indented, you can add indent levels by adding more colons.
• Place {{Talk}} on the top of pages where these guidelines aren't being followed. This will display as the following:

• Be polite, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith assume good faith].