Every page, that is not itself a talk page, has (potentially) an associated talk page in the corresponding talk namespace.
Talk pages for regular articles are used to discuss changes to the article.
User talk pages are used to leave messages for a particular user. "You have new messages" is automatically displayed on all pages that the user views, until the user talk pages is viewed by the user.
Please sign your posts on talk pages. Use --~~~~ (two dashes followed by four tildes) to produce e.g. "--Mikk 06:44, 23 August 2006 (EDT)".
It is also customary to indent responses to a previous post to emulate a threaded view of e.g. mail or forums posts:
Hello. --[[User:Fandyllic|Fandyllic]] 09:12, 22 August 2006 (EDT)
: Hi! --~~~~
When discussing the name of the page or discussing merging it with another page, always mention the current page name: after renaming (moving) a page with its talk page, references to "this page name" would not make sense.
What differentiates a talk page from a regular page?
Except for special pages, each namespace has an associated talk namespace. The talk namespaces are designated by adding talk: to the normal prefix. Examples:
A talk page is a discussion page that you can find attached some article pages and user pages. They exist for communicating with other users and discussing how to improve the wiki.
To get to a talk page from an article, just click the "discussion" or "talk page" link or button near the title of the page. To get to a talk page from a profile, just click the "Talk page" tab.
(Tip: If a talk page is unavailable on an article page, you can usually find comments at the bottom of the page for use instead.)
To start a new message, click the "Leave message" button at the top of the talk page.
Enter your message in the editor window. At the end of your message, type four tildes ("~~~~"). This will convert to a signature when you hit save.
Enter the title of your message in the "Subject/header" text field near the Publish button.
Click the Preview button to check your work.
Click Publish.
To respond to a talk page message, simply edit that area of the talk page, and indent your reply. You can indent by putting a colon (":") at the front of each line. Be sure to sign your response with ~~~~.
Keep your comments polite and friendly. It's always best to be civil, even if things get heated.
If any talk page gets too long, you can create an archive by typing [[/Archive]] (or any other name you like to use) onto the talk page. You can click the new link (preferably in a new window), copy over the older comments, then remove them from the main talk page.
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What differentiates a talk page from a regular page?
