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==Primary Points== | ==Primary Points== | ||
#Participants should remain civil to one another. | #Participants should remain civil to one another. | ||
#Discussions should be kept on the page they were initiated. | #Discussions should be kept on the page they were initiated. | ||
#Messages should be signed and properly indented. | #Messages should be signed and properly indented. | ||
#Talk pages are for improving articles, not debating. | #Talk pages are for improving articles, not debating. | ||
==Etiquette== | ==Etiquette== | ||
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If you would like to debate issues concerning Islam, please use a forum, e.g. the [http://forum09.faithfreedom.org/index.php FFI forum] (you will have to create a separate account there if you do not have one already). For questions about how to use or edit WikiIslam, leave a message at the [[Help talk:Contents#Help Desk|Help Desk]]. And for general inquiries/suggestions, use the relevant [[WikiIslam:Discussions|Discussions]] page. | If you would like to debate issues concerning Islam, please use a forum, e.g. the [http://forum09.faithfreedom.org/index.php FFI forum] (you will have to create a separate account there if you do not have one already). For questions about how to use or edit WikiIslam, leave a message at the [[Help talk:Contents#Help Desk|Help Desk]]. And for general inquiries/suggestions, use the relevant [[WikiIslam:Discussions|Discussions]] page. | ||
Good indentation makes prolonged discussions on talk pages easier to read and understand. It is a [[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|behavioral guideline]] that editors are expected to follow. | |||
==Indenting== | |||
Replies should always be indented and placed beneath the last comment. Indents are achieved by typing one or more leading colon ":" characters at the very left margin, just before the new text about to be added. With every new comment added, the number of colons must be increased by one. | |||
===Examples=== | |||
What is typed: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" | |||
|This is a talk page comment. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>:</nowiki>This is the first reply. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>::</nowiki>This is the second reply. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
|}How it looks: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" | |||
|This is a talk page comment. --[[User:Amina|Amina]] ([[User talk:Amina|talk]]) 12:24, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
:This is the first reply. --[[User:Ahmad|Ahmad]] ([[User talk:Ahmad|talk]]) 12:32, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
::This is the second reply. --[[User:Amina|Amina]] ([[User talk:Amina|talk]]) 12:39, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
|}See [[WikiIslam:Signatures]] for help with signing comments. | |||
==Outdenting== | |||
A long discussion will cause indentation to become too deep, which can make it difficult to read in narrower browser windows. When this occurs, editors should consider resetting the level of indentation by outdenting their next comment. Outdenting can be performed by using the "[[Template:Outdent|Outdent]]" template; either by typing <code><nowiki>{{Outdent}}</nowiki></code> or clicking on it in the "User interaction" section of the lower Edit toolbar. | |||
===Examples=== | |||
In the following example, the user adding the final comment has typed the characters of the template, including its "braces", at the left margin, below the preceding comment, and just ahead of the text she entered for her own comment: | |||
What is typed: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" | |||
|This is a talk page comment. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>:</nowiki>This is the first reply. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>::</nowiki>This is the second reply. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>:::</nowiki>This is the third reply. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
<nowiki>{{Outdent}}</nowiki>This is the fourth reply, but the first to be outdented. --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
|}How it looks: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" | |||
|This is a talk page comment. --[[User:Amina|Amina]] ([[User talk:Amina|talk]]) 12:24, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
:This is the first reply. --[[User:Ahmad|Ahmad]] ([[User talk:Ahmad|talk]]) 12:32, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
::This is the second reply. --[[User:Amina|Amina]] ([[User talk:Amina|talk]]) 12:39, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
:::This is the third reply. --[[User:Ahmad|Ahmad]] ([[User talk:Ahmad|talk]]) 12:43, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
{{Outdent|4}}This is the fourth reply, but the first to be outdented. --[[User:Amina|Amina]] ([[User talk:Amina|talk]]) 12:56, 5 March 2014 (PST) | |||
|}This example has been exaggerated for demonstration purposes. A lot more indentations would be used before outdenting is required in an actual talk page discussion. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||