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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.
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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).
== Contact Users on their User pages ==


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 users have their own user pages connected to their personal talk pages. You find your user page top left where you read your name as soon as you are logged in. The next word "talk" leads to your talk or discussion pages, where others should leave you messages.


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.
You can contact anyone on FactGrid on his or her user page, to be more exact: on the respective talk page. Where do you find it? Firstly if you see an edit in the Version history or recent changes, that is connected to the user page. Secondly you can use the database to find the user: Everyone gets an Item, i.e. a database object with the account and here we note the user pages. These are all users o FactGrid with their user pages:


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.
* [https://tinyurl.com/y3tpwdxw All FactGrid users with their user pages]


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)
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).
 
That is the fast way to make sure a person gets your message.
 
== Sign your posts ==
 
If you have written something on another User's page or in the [[FactGrid:Project chat]] sign your post with
 
<nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>
 
When saving, this sequence 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)
 
== Structure your debates on talk pages ==
If you get involved in a debate use colons at the beginning of each new paragraph to indent one step further and end your contributions with your signature.
:This will make it easier to read the entire exchange.
 
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Contact Users on their User pages

As in Wikipedia, all registered users have their own user pages connected to their personal talk pages. You find your user page top left where you read your name as soon as you are logged in. The next word "talk" leads to your talk or discussion pages, where others should leave you messages.

You can contact anyone on FactGrid on his or her user page, to be more exact: on the respective talk page. Where do you find it? Firstly if you see an edit in the Version history or recent changes, that is connected to the user page. Secondly you can use the database to find the user: Everyone gets an Item, i.e. a database object with the account and here we note the user pages. These are all users o FactGrid with their user 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).

That is the fast way to make sure a person gets your message.

Sign your posts

If you have written something on another User's page or in the FactGrid:Project chat sign your post with

--~~~~

When saving, this sequence 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)

Structure your debates on talk pages

If you get involved in a debate use colons at the beginning of each new paragraph to indent one step further and end your contributions with your signature.

This will make it easier to read the entire exchange.