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<div style="padding:1em; border:solid 2px black; background-color:#cedff2;">'''Talk Page Etiquette: '''The Talk page is used to explain your edits and arrive at agreements about article wording. Please see [[Help:How to use talk pages|How to use talk pages]] to learn how to use the talk page.   
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'''Talk Page Etiquette: '''<br>Use this page to explain your edits and discuss article wording. See [[Help:How to use talk pages|How to use talk pages]].
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'''Use the <big>+</big> tab <small>(see above)</small>:''' <br>This starts a new subject. Then enter a Subject/heading and a new comment. Click "Save page" to post the new comment at the bottom of the page, which is where they belong.
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'''Replies should be indented:''' <br>Indent beneath the comment you are replying to by using colons ''':''', '''::''', ''':::''' and so forth as more replies are added.
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'''Please sign:''' <br>Use four tildes, ''i.e.'' <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. This signs and dates your comment.   
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<small>'''Keep it [[CZ:Professionalism|professional]].''' The [[CZ:Moderator Group|moderators]] may delete complaints, incivility, and open partisanship.</small>
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'''To begin a new subject, use the + tab.'''  That provides you a form in which to first enter a Subject and then enter the new comment. When you then click "Save page", it automatically posts new comments below any previous comments (which is where they belong).  '''The next person to comment about that subject should enter their response just beneath the first comment using a colon : to create an indent.'''  The third comment is then indented twice by using two colons like this '''::''' and the fourth with three colons like this ''':::''' and so forth.
{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|Talk|Please remember to place the {{tl|subpages}} template at the top of the page. See [[CZ:Subpages|Subpage help]] for guidance.}}
 
'''Please sign the comment with four tildes like this <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.''' That  automatically signs it with your user name, the date and the time. 
 
'''Comments should be [[CZ:Professionalism|professional]]. ''' The [[CZ:Constabulary Home|Constabulary]] may delete complaints about others, incivility, and open partisanship.  Reach a constable at [mailto:constables@citizendium.org constables@citizendium.org.]
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Please place the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>subpages<nowiki>}}</nowiki> template at the top of the page. See [[CZ:Subpages|Subpage help]] for guidance.

Latest revision as of 12:31, 9 August 2020

Talk Page Etiquette:
Use this page to explain your edits and discuss article wording. See How to use talk pages.

Use the + tab (see above):
This starts a new subject. Then enter a Subject/heading and a new comment. Click "Save page" to post the new comment at the bottom of the page, which is where they belong.

Replies should be indented:
Indent beneath the comment you are replying to by using colons :, ::, ::: and so forth as more replies are added.

Please sign:
Use four tildes, i.e. ~~~~. This signs and dates your comment.

Keep it professional. The moderators may delete complaints, incivility, and open partisanship.


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