Help:Talk page

Talk pages are for communicating with other TESWikians, especially about articles and improving this wiki. There is a talk page attached to every other page; just click the "Talk" bubble at the top or side of any page to find it. Talk pages should always be signed using four tildes ( ~ ). For more information on signing talk pages, see: Help:Signature. Unless a talk page is vandalized or spammed, comments left on userpages should not be deleted. Keep vulgar language to a minimum. Games in The Elder Scrolls universe may be rated M, but not every reader of this wiki is of age and editors should be mindful of that.

Personal talk pages
Logged-in contributors have a personal talk page where other users can leave messages. This is found in the same way, by clicking the "discussion" link at the top of a user page. If you have a new message on your talk page, you will see a bright banner across the top of all other TESWiki pages you visit. Click the link in the message (or the userbar link "My talk" in the upper right-hand corner) to go to your talk page.

There are talk pages for non-logged-in contributors too, but these may not always be useful. Because they are linked to IPs, and IPs can change between visits, the messages may not get to the right person. They are used to explain blocks of IPs and may identify where a user is, but may not be very useful for real communication. This is another good reason to create an account. Comments left on user talk pages should never be deleted. We ask that you keep all comments there (unless they are obvious vandalism or spam) for record-keeping purposes. We may need to reference specific conversations to resolve debates amongst users. If your talk page is getting to long, you can create an Archive (see below) and store previous conversations. If you are being harassed on your talk page, please consult an Admin.

Article talk pages
Each article on TESWiki has it's own talk page. Talk pages are used to make suggestions about an article, to question edits already made to the article, or to debate whether the article should be deleted, merged, or split (if necessary). Article talk pages should revolve are the subject of the article. Friendly banter should be saved for personal talkpages. In addition to this, if you are seeking help with a quest, with finding a character or item mentioned in an article, please visit the Forum:Index and post your questions or concerns under the appropriate forum there. Talk pages for articles should never be deleted, unless the article that the talk page belongs to has been deleted, or the talk page consists entirely of spam.

Using talk pages
Comments on talk pages can be picked up by Google and other search engines, and are available under the GFD License, so keep that in mind when you write.

It's possible to add a new section to a talk page without opening the whole edit page. Just click the "Add Topic" or "Scribe" link at the top of the article. You will be given spaces to enter a title for your new section, and to enter your comment. You can then save, and the comment will be added as a new section at the bottom of the page.

Archives
If any talk page gets too long, you can create an archive by typing  /Archive  (or any other name you like to use) onto the talk page. You can click the new link (preferably in a new window), and copy over the older comments then delete them from the current page when they are saved.

Some other hints for talk pages:


 * Sign your comments by typing " ~ " (four tildes). This will add your name and the date.
 * Add comments to the end of the page.
 * Keep your comments polite and friendly. It's always best to be civil, even if things get heated.