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Discuss edits: The talk page is particularly useful to talk about edits. If one of your edits has been reverted, and you change it back again, it is good practice to leave an explanation on the talk page and a note in the edit summary that you have done so. The talk page is also the place to ask about another editor's changes.
Talk pages (also known as discussion pages) are administration pages where editors can discuss improvements to articles or other Wikipedia pages. The talk page associated with an article is named "Talk:Example", where "Example" is the name of the article.
A screencast demonstrating how to use a talk page. (2:43 min) Every article on Wikipedia has a talk page, reached by clicking the "Talk" tab just above the title (for example, Talk:Alexander the Great). There, editors can discuss improvements to the content of an article. If you ever make a change that gets reverted by another editor, discuss the
For larger or more significant changes, the edit summary may not give you enough space to fully explain the edit; in this case, you may leave a note on the article's talk page as well. Remember too that notes on the talk page are more visible, make misunderstandings less likely, and encourage discussion rather than edit warring .
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.
If you have a question, concern, or comment related to improving a Wikipedia article, you can put a note on that article's talk page. You get to the talk page by clicking the "Talk" tab at the top of the article. If the tab shows up in red, it just means no one has commented yet; feel free to start a discussion. When you start a new discussion ...
You should still avoid editing your own comments except as described at Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines (shortcut: WP:TPG). Editing any existing comments on another editor's user talk page is absolutely inappropriate. (Even editing your own comments is normally inappropriate, unless you do it very quickly after you initially post.)
Propose a specific change on a talk page. Don't add an edit request template yet. Once there is consensus for the change, and any final details have been worked out, put a template on the talk page along with a short, clear explanation. A user who can make the edit will notice the template has been added, and will respond to the request.