User talk:Kmactane

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~&#126;); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --User:Angr/talk 06:54, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
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 * Hi, the layout of the page is different depending on which skin you use. (You can change skins under Preferences.) But it's true that most people use the Monobook skin, which is the default, and on the Monobook skin the tab in question says "discussion", not "discuss this page", and it's on the top of the page, not in the sidebar. So those instructions are confusing and should be changed. As for the links listed above, they're not to be taken personally or as a subtle suggestion you've done anything wrong. In fact, it's just a template message that's standardly used as a greeting for everyone. --User:Angr/talk 10:51, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, great. Thanks for the response. I hope this was the right way to reply. (Or should I have responded over in your talk page?) Kai MacTane 23:02, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, there are two schools of thought on that. There are people who always respond to a comment on the page where it was made, in order to keep discussions together so that they can be read at a later time and still make sense. Other people respond on the talk page of the person making the comment, so that "You have new messages" will flash up at them and alert them to the fact that they've been responded to. Personally, I always respond to people on their own talk pages. (I like the surreal effect of seeing only one half of a discussion. It's like listening to one half of a telephone conversation: you can use your imagination to fill in the other half.) Since I don't usually keep other people's talk pages on my watchlist, I don't always realize an answer has been made if it isn't made on my talk page. Which is why it took me nine days to answer to the comment above! :-) --Angr (t·c) 23:06, 28 November 2005 (UTC)