Wikipedia talk:Talk etiquette FAQ

Carrying on a discussion with another user, back and forth between his User_talk and mine?
What's the generally-accepted method of carrying on a discussion with another Wikipedia user? Say someone adds a comment to my User_talk page... if I reply beneath it, he doesn't get any notification that I replied, does he? So I go post to his User_talk page instead, and then posts his reply to mine, and I post my reply to his... and then each of our User_talk pages has half a conversation, and someone wishing to read the whole conversation has to keep jumping back and forth between two pages. Is there a better way, short of resorting to email? Or does Wikipedia have a way of letting me know if someone's replied on his User_talk page to a comment I left there? Brian Kendig 23:17, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * If you post something at some users talk page tick the 'watch this page' box, this will inform you when he/she responds. --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 23:21, 2004 Jul 12 (UTC)


 * Generally, you can reply to them and just say "see reply on my talk page", letting them know that the conversation will continue there. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 23:20, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * I usually answer on the other talk page, but cut copy so my talk page has a complete conversation for reference purposes. -- Chris 73 | Talk 05:56, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * I never no what to do... (it gives me the same anxiety I get about if I'm supposed to shake hands or not) :-) Erich 08:53, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Once the discussion is over (and hope it gets over!) copy the bits and parts and format them on your user-talk page. If your talk partner/s are interested, they can do the same with their user-talk pages. Jay 17:08, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

This section has now been summarized on the project page. -- Beland 04:38, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)