Template:Response/doc

Purpose
Talkback allows a user (user1) to direct the attention of another user (user2) to a discussion on a specific talk page.

One benefit of this tool is to maintain the flow of a discussion on a single user's talk page, rather than having to switch back and forth between talk pages in order to make sense of the conversation.

Two examples of the use of this template are:


 * If you receive a message from a user, you can notify the user that you have responded to their message on your own talk page.
 * If you create a topic on your talk page, you can notify a user that the discussion might need their attention.

Usage
In this discussion, it is assumed that you (the sender) are user1 and that user2 is the recipient.

First message
Originally, this template was meant to be placed on top of user2 ' s talk page. Currently, however this template is placed under a new section at the bottom of user2's talk page. To use this template to direct the attention of another Wikipedian to your talk page:


 * 1) Go to the recipient's talk page. User talk pages start with "User talk:" prefix.
 * 2) On the top of the page, click on "New Section" button/link. It should look like this: New section small.png
 * 3) In the "Subject/headline" box, type "Response", or some indication of what message your response is to.
 * 4) In the message section, enter one of the following (remember, you are user1):
 * 5) Add the template:""
 * 6) Save the page.

Wikipedia will notify user2 of having a new message in their talk page. When they visit their talk page, they should see your notice and (hopefully) follow the link to your user talk page.

Example
For example, this code:

Re: Testing on Wikipedia
Generates: 