Wikipedia:Training/core/Talk pages

Watch this video if you'd like an overview of how to use talk pages.

Good editing on Wikipedia is more than coding edits, it's collaborating on content.

That happens on Talk pages, where edits are discussed, praised, or debated.

Making an edit is often just the start of your editing! You'll be able to make suggestions, comment on edits, even help decide what Wikipedia should be.

Most pages on Wikipedia have a Talk page behind it: articles, user pages, even sandbox pages. Click on the "Talk" or "Discussion" tab in the upper left corner of any page to access its talk page.

Wikipedians assume you'll be reading messages left in user and article Talk pages, and you can use them to leave messages for others.

You can leave an indented reply to someone else's message by beginning a line with one or more colons. Be sure to sign your messages with four tildes ( ~ ) to mark it with your username and a timestamp.