User blog:Super Miron/Guide: How to properly leave talk messages

Hello Users,

As you may know (and I hope you know), we need to start all talk messages with a new section and sign them with out signatures. This applies to:


 * Article talk pages (Talk: namespace);
 * User talk pages (User talk: namespace);
 * File talk pages (File talk: namespace);
 * Any other namespaces ending with "talk".

How do we do it? Here is an example message, written like it should:

Hello
Hi! super _  miron  16:15, January 1, 1970 (UTC)

To post it, you would add in the page's source:

Hello
Hi! ~

Now, I will explain what do elements of the message's source mean:


 * ==Hello== – creates the message header;
 * ~ – produces your signature, which you can set in your preferences.

What do we do if we see someone leave a message without a header and/or signature?

If they forget the header

 * 1) Edit the talk page, and add something like  before the message,
 * 2) Save the edited version of the page.

If they forget to sign it

 * 1) Check in the page's history who added the message,
 * 2) Add  below the message,
 * 3) Replace  with their username.

Hope this guide helped! Feel free to ask questions in the comments if you are unsure of something.