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Talk pages[edit]
If you have a question, concern, or comment related to improving a Justapedia article, you can put a note on that article's talk page.
Access 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.
Start a new topic at the bottom of the talk page. The best way to do this is by clicking the "New section" tab at the top of the page. This allows you to enter a new section heading and your comments.
If you are answering someone else's remarks, indent your comment below theirs with a colon (:). Link to pages you mention with the 
icon and mention other editors with the 
icon.
Your comments must be signed. Insert your signature by typing four tildes (~~~~) and it will insert a link to your personal talk page, along with the time you saved the page.
NOTE: If you are new to using talk pages, please read Don't lose the thread.
User talk pages[edit]
All Justapedia users have their own user talk page where anyone can leave a message for you. People can ask you questions or give you advice. There are also some automated "bots" that can add helpful messages.
Newsletters you have subscribed to will also be posted to your talk page.
You will receive notifications on your talk page if there have been any changes affecting the use of your account.
NOTE: If you are new to using talk pages, please read Don't lose the thread.
You can reply to a message the same way you would at an article talk page. Indent your reply with a colon (:), or multiple colons to follow multiple replies.
Generally, you can find an editor's user talk page by following the link labelled "talk" in their signature, located at the end of their messages. You can always reach their user talk page by clicking on their name in the signature, and then clicking on the "Talk" tab, as you would with an article. You can also reach another editor's talk page by typing "User talk:" and the name of the user in the search bar.
Drawing attention[edit]
Not all article and user talk pages are monitored by other editors. This is particularly true for more obscure topics, which often have less well-developed articles and can go years without human activity on their talk page.
If you want to edit a more obscure article and feel confident, just be bold and do so, ensuring that the edit is within Justapedia policy. However, if you'd like to discuss a potential change first in order to get a second opinion or seek help, you can start a discussion on the talk page and then inform one of the article's editors on their user talk page.
If they seem active, post an invitation to their talk page to join the discussion. You can use {{subst:Please see|Talk:Page name#Section name}} to do this or just write it out, but do not start the same discussion in multiple places. If no one replies after a few days, you can also ask for help at The Lounge. You can attract attention from the broader community of potentially interested editors by posting at The Exchange.
Talk pages are used for many different types of discussions, including proposed mergers, splits, and moves (title changes). However. Justapedia is not social media - talk pages are intended for discussing Justapedia business.
NOTE: If you are fairly new to talk pages, please read Don't lose the thread
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