Editing Help:Wiki Basics (section)

==Contacting Users and Discussions==

===Talk pages===
The primary place to discuss topics related to pages or ask questions is the Talk page.  The talk page for any content page can be found near the upper left by clicking the "Discussion" tab/button (next to the "Page" tab).

Questions or discussions related to editing pages should often be done here.  These talk pages often work best when multiple people are working on a project or page together.

However, it can also be difficult for people to notice when a new question or discussion is opened on an inactive page.  If a talk question on a talk page goes unnoticed, particularly if you have a question for a specific person, it may be good to post on that person's user talk page.  A link to a user's talk page can be found in the history of a page he or she edited, or the link is often attached to comments on talk pages.

Posting on a user's talk page will usually send that person a notification, so he or she is more likely to respond to messages on a user talk page.

===Signing messages===
For comments on user talk pages, it is common to "sign" at the end of the comment with username and date.  This is done automatically by posting <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end of the comment, which can be done quickly by clicking the signature icon in editing bar.

===Forum===

In general, most discussions that occur on talk pages could also occur in the forum, though some people may not frequent the forums as much as the wiki.  The forum is more often used for discussions, suggestions, and admin topics relating to the site as a whole.

Note that posts from new users might take some time to appear since they need to be approved by forum moderators first (as spam prevention precaution).  After 3-5 approved posts, your account should lose its new user status and your posts will become visible immediately, no longer requiring approval.

New users on the forum will also be unable to send private messages until losing new user status.