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This category is '''deprecated'''. [[User:Elie|I'm]] planning to phase it out and make talkpages great instead. I used to use the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Comments Comments plugin] as a way to "get the ball rolling" for pages that need a lot of discussion; but that just creates a big mess once the ball is rolling. Better to just keep all discussions on the discussion pages. | |||
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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''). | 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''). | ||
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* Heading: '''"Answers",''' to be filled in by users, much like a [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]]. | * Heading: '''"Answers",''' to be filled in by users, much like a [[Help:Talk pages|talk page]]. | ||
* Heading: '''"More",''' where the comments-plugin is enabled. <code><nowiki><comments /></nowiki></code> | * Heading: '''"More",''' where the comments-plugin is enabled. <code><nowiki><comments /></nowiki></code> | ||
When creating a question page | When creating a question page, use [[Template:Question page]] (via substitution <code><nowiki>{{subst:Question page}}</nowiki></code> - not transclusion <code><nowiki>{{Question page}}</nowiki></code>). This template contains the headings. | ||