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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.
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.
== Layout and electronic signature ==


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.
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.

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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.

Layout and electronic signature

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)