Difference between revisions of Help:How to contribute

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==Using talk pages==

The following are the basics:

Talk pages are 100% completely identical to normal pages in how they work. You can use all wikitext markup tricks in talk pages, the software does not handle them differently. The following are the basics:

Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in ~~response~~. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:

Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in responding to other editors using colons. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:

<code><nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki>

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As you can see, using talk pages is ridiculously easy. Just remember though: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages anything you can do, Wikipedia can do better Click here for Wikipedia's explanation about talk pages.].

===Signatures===

Signatures

Signatures can be configured using the Preferences button in the top right. It's better to keep this as simple as possible, and there's literally nothing wrong with the default signature. Definitely check out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures Wikipedia's page on how to customise signatures] if you want to leave your mark a bit more on every talk page you visit. Who doesn't like a colourful talk page?

Again, none of WPs policies apply to signatures, except please do not include images or files in your signatures as they cause unnecessary server load and make talk pages look horrible.

Posts can be signed off with four tidles or three. Four is by definitely what most people should use in most circumstances. Here's the difference:

:-[[User:NottNott|NottNott]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 14:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

:-[[User:NottNott|NottNott]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]])

Forgetting to use signatures will leave everyone confused really quickly, so please make it a habit to include <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end of all your messages on talk pages! :)

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 ==Using talk pages==
-The following are the basics:
+Talk pages are 100% completely identical to normal pages in how they work. You can use all wikitext markup tricks in talk pages, the software does not handle them differently. The following are the basics:
-Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in response. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:
+Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in responding to other editors using colons. Sign off your posts with your signature of <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the [[Differentials]] talk page:
 <code><nowiki>==Difference between diffs and normalised==</nowiki><br>
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 As you can see, using talk pages is ridiculously easy. Just remember though: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages anything you can do, Wikipedia can do better Click here for Wikipedia's explanation about talk pages.].
 ===Signatures===
-Signatures
+Signatures can be configured using the Preferences button in the top right. It's better to keep this as simple as possible, and there's literally nothing wrong with the default signature. Definitely check out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures Wikipedia's page on how to customise signatures] if you want to leave your mark a bit more on every talk page you visit. Who doesn't like a colourful talk page?
+Again, none of WPs policies apply to signatures, except please do not include images or files in your signatures as they cause unnecessary server load and make talk pages look horrible.
+Posts can be signed off with four tidles or three. Four is by definitely what most people should use in most circumstances. Here's the difference:
+<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
+:-[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">NottNott</span>]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]]) 14:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
+<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>
+:-[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">NottNott</span>]] ([[User talk:NottNott|talk]])
+Forgetting to use signatures will leave everyone confused really quickly, so please make it a habit to include <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end of all your messages on talk pages! :)