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-Pages that call for gathering more information for some particular purpose. Similar to posting on Reddit, Quora or StackExchange (but with the hope of building a general consensus from the answers).
+A '''question page''' is similar to how you might ask a question on Quora, Reddit, Stackexchange or any other social media. But the main difference is that there's also a '''''Consensus''''' section which is managed communally. Even for controversial questions, there might still be a few agreed-upon facts that can go in this section (along with a quick overview of what's disagreed upon). Note that we don't allow fake controversy here (i.e. the ''false balance fallacy'' - as explained [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance on Wikipedia] or [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Balance_fallacy on RationalWiki]). For most topics, there's plenty of consensus to be had. Opinions should go in the other sections (''Answers'' and ''More'').
+==Purposes (use-cases)==
+There are two main reasons you might create a question page:
+# You're working on some other page, and you need to gather specific important missing info to make it work.
+#* In this case, just ask the question (in the title) and elaborate on it (beginning of the page). Leave all the sections empty (''Consensus'', ''Answers'', and ''More'').
+# You have some knowledge to share, and the best way to present it is in question/answer format (i.e. you know the answer already)
+#* In this case, you can create the page with the question already answered.
+#** If you're '''''very''''' sure that your answer is factually true, you can put it in the ''Consensus'' section (and other people may still correct it later).
+#** Otherwise, put your answer in the ''Answers'' section, and leave the ''Consensus'' section empty.
+#* Note there are also alternatives to creating a ''question page'' in this case:
+#** Write the {{(}}question & answer{{)}} in the FAQ section of some other page. Or,
+#** Create a page titled with the answer, and make your case.
+==Layout==
 Should follow the general format:
-* Start by describing the question or information needed.
+* The '''page title''' can be either the question itself, or a title describing the question.
-* Heading: "Consensus" which can be left blank for quite some time, until enough answers come in.
+* At the '''beginning of the page,''' elaborate on the question; describe what information is needed.
-* Heading: "Answers" which can start blank and then get filled in by users answering/discussing, much like a talk page.
+* Heading: '''"Consensus"''' (see above).
-* Heading: "More" where the comments-plugin is enabled. <code><nowiki><comments /></nowiki></code>
+* Heading: '''"Answers",''' to be filled in by users, much like a [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]].
-If you're creating a new page that follows this format, you can use [[Template:Question page]] (via substitution <code><nowiki>{{subst:Question page}}</nowiki></code>; not transclusion <code><nowiki>{{Question page}}</nowiki></code>)
+* Heading: '''"More",''' where the comments-plugin is enabled. <code><nowiki><comments /></nowiki></code>
+When creating a question page, for this format, use [[Template:Question page]] (via substitution <code><nowiki>{{subst:Question page}}</nowiki></code> - not&nbsp;transclusion&nbsp;<code><nowiki>{{Question page}}</nowiki></code>)