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<p>Created page with &quot;For every page on this wiki, there&#039;s an associated &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;talk page&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; for people to leave comments and discuss how the page could be improved. Think of it like &quot;behind the scenes&quot;. * To get to the talk page, click the &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Discussion&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; tab at the top of any page. * Even if you don&#039;t have an account, you can &#039;&#039;&#039;still leave a comment&#039;&#039;&#039; on a talk page. Your IP address will act as your username. * It&#039;s perfectly valid to have a talk page for a page that doesn&#039;t exist. This...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>For every page on this wiki, there's an associated &quot;'''talk page'''&quot; for people to leave comments and discuss how the page could be improved. Think of it like &quot;behind the scenes&quot;.<br /> * To get to the talk page, click the &quot;'''Discussion'''&quot; tab at the top of any page.<br /> * Even if you don't have an account, you can '''still leave a comment''' on a talk page. Your IP address will act as your username.<br /> * It's perfectly valid to have a talk page for a page that doesn't exist. This can be useful for drafting up a new page, discussing what should be on it, or even just having a general discussion thread.<br /> <br /> ==Other kinds of talk content==<br /> Besides talkpages, you might see some discussions in other places:<br /> * [[Project:Expandables|Inline comments]]: You'll see a talk-bubble icon {{talk|This is an example of one!}} that you can click to read a comment. This is typically found in the middle of a paragraph, to discuss really specific stuff about rephrasing or adding something. It's also used for &quot;to-do list&quot; type notes.<br /> * Discussion font: Similar to above, but not tucked away in a talk bubble. {{pn|Discussion font looks like this.}} It's typically used in blank sections of the page, as a note for how to get the ball rolling.<br /> <br /> But if you don't have an account, you can't edit or reply to any of those.<br /> {{talk|This will change when [[User:Elie|I'm]] ready to fully open up this wiki.}}<br /> So stick with using the talkpage instead.<br /> <br /> ==Technical stuff to know==<br /> A talkpage is designed to act like a forum of comments, but under the hood, it's actually just like any other wikipage - it can be edited as a document{{x|Note that the '''edit history''' shows who edited what - even if the comments don't.}}. If it's not formatted properly to distinguish one comment from another, the reply buttons may glitch.<br /> &lt;!--<br /> TALK: i was also thinking to add here:<br /> <br /> Page titles<br /> * A page called &quot;[[Food]]&quot; will have a talk page called &quot;[[Talk:Food]]&quot;.<br /> * A page called &quot;[[Climate change]]&quot; will have a talk page called &quot;[[Talk:Climate change]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> But I didn't feel like explaining why it's different for other namespaces (i.e. [[User:Elie]] and [[User talk:Elie]]).<br /> --&gt;<br /> <br /> Terminology:<br /> * &quot;Subject page&quot; is the regular page that the talk page is talking about.<br /> * &quot;Discussion page&quot; is a synonym for &quot;talk page&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [[{{MediaWiki:discussiontools-emptystate-link-talkpages}}|Full documentation about talkpages]]&lt;sup&gt;(MediaWiki website)&lt;/sup&gt;</div>

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