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FactGrid is a Wikibase installation; the software is the same with which Wikidata runs: A MediaWiki (as known from Wikipedia) that also works as a database with a special extension.
FactGrid is a Wikibase installation; the software is the same with which Wikidata runs: A MediaWiki (as known from Wikipedia) that also works as a database with a special extension.


As in Wikipedia, every registered user has their own user page with a discussion page. If you leave another message on their discussion page, they will receive a message the next time the screen is refreshed (and, if their personal account settings are set accordingly, also an email).
== Every registered user as a User page and a talk page coming with it ==


The discussion about the user pages has the advantage of happening in the middle of the medium. Links into data records are easy, for example. It is also public. Discussions from which solutions develop happen publicly, others can get involved at any time.
As in Wikipedia, all registered user have their own user pages connected to their personal talk pages. If you leave someone a message on their talk page, they will receive a note the next time their screen is refreshed (or even an e-mail if they have asked for this service in their preferences).


If you are discussing someone's user page, you can put this page on watch and use your [[Help:How do I keep track of what is happening on FactGrid?#Create your personal "Watchlist"|Watchlist]] to regularly query what was going on in this exchange. This allows you to keep the exchange on the other side connected and still keep an eye on it.
Discussions on talk pages have the the advantage of happening right in the medium. Links into data records are easy to make. The debate is at the same moment publicly visible. If they result in solutions others these will be arranged under the eyes of everyone interested.


For the sake of clarity, a sequence of contributions in a course of the debate should be preceded by colons. A colon at the beginning of a paragraph indents it by one level.
If you are discussing something on someone's user page, you can put this page on your personal [[Help:How do I keep track of what is happening on FactGrid?#Create your personal "Watchlist"|Watchlist]], this will allow you to check every now and then the ensuing exchange.


At the end, contributions should be electronically signed. This is done with four tildes, in front of which you may put two spacers: '''<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>'''. When saved, these characters are converted into a signature with a link to their user page and their discussion page and a date that matches the version history: --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] ([[User talk:Olaf Simons|talk]]) 23:57, 3 April 2020 (CEST)
For the sake of clarity it is recommendable to keep threads together on the talk page on which they start. Additional clarity is gained if users indent their contributions with the help of colons preceding each new paragraph. A single colon at the beginning of a paragraph indents the text by one level.
 
Notes should eventually be signed. This is done with four tildes, in front of which you may put two spacers: '''<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>'''. When saving, these characters will be converted into a signature with links to your user and your talk page and a date that matches the date of the version history as in --[[User:Olaf Simons|Olaf Simons]] ([[User talk:Olaf Simons|talk]]) 23:57, 3 April 2020 (CEST)


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FactGrid is a Wikibase installation; the software is the same with which Wikidata runs: A MediaWiki (as known from Wikipedia) that also works as a database with a special extension.

Every registered user as a User page and a talk page coming with it

As in Wikipedia, all registered user have their own user pages connected to their personal talk pages. If you leave someone a message on their talk page, they will receive a note the next time their screen is refreshed (or even an e-mail if they have asked for this service in their preferences).

Discussions on talk pages have the the advantage of happening right in the medium. Links into data records are easy to make. The debate is at the same moment publicly visible. If they result in solutions others these will be arranged under the eyes of everyone interested.

If you are discussing something on someone's user page, you can put this page on your personal Watchlist, this will allow you to check every now and then the ensuing exchange.

For the sake of clarity it is recommendable to keep threads together on the talk page on which they start. Additional clarity is gained if users indent their contributions with the help of colons preceding each new paragraph. A single colon at the beginning of a paragraph indents the text by one level.

Notes should eventually be signed. This is done with four tildes, in front of which you may put two spacers: --~~~~. When saving, these characters will be converted into a signature with links to your user and your talk page and a date that matches the date of the version history as in --Olaf Simons (talk) 23:57, 3 April 2020 (CEST)

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