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This researcher's guide to discussion pages is intended as an aid to people who are researching with Wikipedia. Experienced Wikipedians often glean a great deal about an article from looking at its discussion page (a.k.a. "talk page"). This page describes some of these tricks of the trade.
A discussion moderator or debate moderator is a person whose role is to act as a neutral participant in a debate or discussion, holds participants to time limits and tries to keep them from straying off the topic of the questions being raised in the debate. Sometimes moderators may ask questions intended to allow the debate participants to ...
The talk page associated with a page in another namespace is named by adding "talk" after the namespace label; for example, the talk page for Wikipedia:About is called Wikipedia talk:About. When viewing an article (or any other non-talk page) on the Wikipedia, a link to the corresponding talk page appears on the "Talk" tab at the top of the 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 topic, put it at the bottom of the talk page. The best way to do this is by clicking the "Add topic" tab at the top of the page.
Help desk — the volunteers here will help you with Wikipedia-related questions. Wikipedia:Questions — another help page Wikipedia:Teahouse — friendly place for new editors to become accustomed to Wikipedia culture, ask questions, and develop community relationships. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) — the place to ask technical ...
Avoid starting the same discussion on multiple pages, which fragments discussion. Instead, start the discussion in one location and, if appropriate, advertise it elsewhere via a link. If you find a fragmented discussion, consider moving all posts to one location and linking from the old locations to the new.
Except in a section for back-and-forth discussion, replies to other editors or back-and-forth discussion may be collapsed by the moderator and may result in a rebuke. It is the responsibility of every participant to keep the moderator informed as to whether they will take any wikibreaks or be absent due to real life. Every participant is ...
The Teahouse is a friendly space for new editors to ask questions with answers from experienced editors. The help desk is the main place for asking questions and also where to turn when all else fails. The village pump is the forum for discussion of Wikipedia's more complex project-wide technical issues, policies, proposals, and operations.