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Added a fifth rule: Leave a short edit summary; Mentioning the Discuss! link on the left; + Example; + Editing comments
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As always a good way to learn is to look at the documentation (in essence this page), look at how other have done it (by browsing talk pages), and by doing what seem to work. | As always a good way to learn is to look at the documentation (in essence this page), look at how other have done it (by browsing talk pages), and by doing what seem to work. | ||
== | == Five simple rules == | ||
In order for a discussion to be easy to follow these | In order for a discussion to be easy to follow these five rules apply: | ||
# Discuss a page or with a user on the associated discussion page | # Discuss a page or with a user on the associated discussion page | ||
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# Add one more level of indentation than the comment you are replying to by using one more colon (<code><nowiki>:</nowiki></code>) | # Add one more level of indentation than the comment you are replying to by using one more colon (<code><nowiki>:</nowiki></code>) | ||
# Sign your comment using four tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>) | # Sign your comment using four tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>) | ||
# Sum up your comment in the edit summary using one or two sentences. | |||
== What to discuss == | == What to discuss == | ||
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* Discuss with a user on the users discussion page. | * Discuss with a user on the users discussion page. | ||
* Discuss the contents on a page on the discussion page associated to that page | * Discuss the contents on a page on the discussion page associated to that page | ||
* Discuss the wiki in general, or more than one page, or with more than one user on the [[FlightGear wiki:Village pump|village pump]]. | * Discuss the wiki in general, or more than one page, or with more than one user on the [[FlightGear wiki:Village pump|village pump]] (the [[FlightGear wiki:Village pump|Discuss!]] link on the left). | ||
== Formatting your reply == | == Formatting your reply == | ||
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== Signing comments == | == Signing comments == | ||
To make it easier to follow who said what, please sign your comment using four tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>). | To make it easier to follow who said what, please sign your comment using four tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>). | ||
Upon saving the page the four tildes will be expanded to a signature showing who who signed and when. | |||
You can customize your signature to some extent on the ''User profile'' tab in your preferences (see link on the top right). The changes will only apply to the signatures you will add after the change, not to previous ones. | You can customize your signature to some extent on the ''User profile'' tab in your preferences (see link on the top right). The changes will only apply to the signatures you will add after the change, not to previous ones. | ||
== Example == | |||
== Example heading == | |||
Example comment. | |||
[[User:Example user|Example user]] ([[User talk:Example user|talk]]) 12:00, 1 February 2015 (EST) | |||
: Your reply. | |||
: [[User:You|You]] ([[User talk:You|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (EST) | |||
<nowiki>== Example heading == | |||
Example comment. | |||
[[User:Example user|Example user]] ([[User talk:Example user|talk]]) 12:00, 1 February 2015 (EST) | |||
: Your reply. | |||
: ~~~~</nowiki> | |||
== Editing comments == | |||
Avoid editing your posts after saving them, unless the changes are only very small like spelling and grammar. | |||
If you want to add something it is often better to add another comment using the same indentation. Remember to sign that comment as well. | |||
Do not edit comments of other users, not even spelling or grammar! Apart from that is considered very impolite, it will also show up in the page history. | |||
== Signing unsigned comments == | == Signing unsigned comments == | ||