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imported>D. Matt Innis
(add Milt's talk page etiquette)
imported>Chris Day
(anyone mind if i cut it down a bit?)
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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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'''[[Help:How to use talk pages|Talk Page Etiquette]]: '''<br>Use this page to explain your edits and discuss article wording.
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'''Use the <big>+</big> tab:''' <br>This starts a new subject. Then enter a title 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 other comments 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:Constabulary Home|Constabulary]] may delete complaints, incivility, and open partisanship.  Reach a constable at [mailto:constables@citizendium.org constables@citizendium.org.]</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.
Please remember to place the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>subpages<nowiki>}}</nowiki> 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.

Revision as of 00:16, 23 January 2009

Talk Page Etiquette:
Use this page to explain your edits and discuss article wording.

Use the + tab:
This starts a new subject. Then enter a title 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 other comments 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 Constabulary may delete complaints, incivility, and open partisanship. Reach a constable at constables@citizendium.org.

Please remember to place the {{subpages}} template at the top of the page. See Subpage help for guidance.

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