User talk:Alan Beard: Difference between revisions

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:To make the discussions work well - it is common to sign them, you can do that in various ways - in the editing panel there is a signature button [depending on editor] - but otherwise you can manually do it by writing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> after the comment.
:To make the discussions work well - it is common to sign them, you can do that in various ways - in the editing panel there is a signature button [depending on editor] - but otherwise you can manually do it by writing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> after the comment.
:Finally - it is normal to use the : to indent comments - so if the comment you reply to is completely at the left margin, you would put one ":" in front of the reply. If it is already indented - then you add another ":". (i'm going to give an example below) --[[User:Kim Petersen|'''''K'''<small>im</small>'' '''''D'''<small>abelstein</small>'' '''''P'''<small>etersen</small>]]'' <small>[[User talk:Kim Petersen|&gt;&gt;leave a comment&lt;&lt;]]</small> 13:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
:Finally - it is normal to use the : to indent comments - so if the comment you reply to is completely at the left margin, you would put one ":" in front of the reply. If it is already indented - then you add another ":". (i'm going to give an example below) --[[User:Kim Petersen|'''''K'''<small>im</small>'' '''''D'''<small>abelstein</small>'' '''''P'''<small>etersen</small>]]'' <small>[[User talk:Kim Petersen|&gt;&gt;leave a comment&lt;&lt;]]</small> 13:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
== An example of a discussion ==
This is the original comment - ruser1
:Reply to the original comment - ruser2
::comment about ruser2's comment - ruser3
:::ruser2's response to the comment - ruser2
:Another reply to original comment - ruser3
::reply - ruser1
Like that :) --[[User:Kim Petersen|'''''K'''<small>im</small>'' '''''D'''<small>abelstein</small>'' '''''P'''<small>etersen</small>]]'' <small>[[User talk:Kim Petersen|&gt;&gt;leave a comment&lt;&lt;]]</small> 13:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)