Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki:Talk Page Policy

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The Talk Page Policy describes rules pertaining to talk pages and other pages on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki where discussion and conversation between users may take place.

Talk Pages
The Talk Page of a particular article is used for discussion of the page itself in terms for formatting, maintenance and any major changes that require administrators' and/or other editors' attention. This is particularly important to propose major changes to the page itself before making them. As such, a talk page is not the appropriate place to make questions about an article, or to defend edits that may be removed.

The talk pages have a particular set of rules, in addition to general rules of behaviour as explained in the Vandalism or Blockin policies.
 * 1) Talk pages containing messages should have a Talk page header. Remember to add it when dcreating the talk page.
 * 2) All comments must be accompanied by a signature. Signatures can be easily added by typing ~ at the end of the comment.
 * 3) No user may edit another user's comment, unless explictly allowed by an administrator.
 * 4) Comments should be properly archived instead of being simply removed, especially when a talk page grows too much to be of use. Links to the archive pages must be visbly placed at the top of the original page.
 * 5) Some times, comments may be removed without being archived, especially when they follow any of these subjects:
 * 6) *Accidental duplicate posts.
 * 7) *Comments erroneously posted on the wrong page.
 * 8) *Posts made directly to an archive page or archived discussion
 * 9) *Spam, vandalism, or test edits
 * 10) *Off-topic posts and replies to such posts
 * 11) *Comments that consist solely of personal attacks, with no content of substance relevant to the topic being discussed.
 * 12) *Potentially defamatory comments, regardless of who the subject of the accusation is or whether they can be identified.
 * 13) *Posting of private personal information.
 * 14) Retracting a comment should not be made by removing the comment. The author of a commment that wishes to retract it may instead strike it by placing  before the portion to the retracted and   after that portion, which will display the comment like this.

Comments Sections
Comments Sections, located at the bottom of an article are used to make casual comments about the subject of the article itself, such as minor format suggestions, constructive criticisms, asking and answering doubts or maybe simply to state a personal opinion regarding the subject of the article. They can be found on the bottom of any page.

Comments sections are not meant to publish wishlists, to fully explain fan theories in long paragraphs, or to speak about any subject unrelated to the article itself.

Forum Threads
Forum Threads is the place to make what can be considered as long discussions, either wikia-wide discussions, fan theories, ideas for future content, general questions...

Blogs
Articles in a wiki are meant to be collaborative efforts, not written by a single person, but by a lot of them. On the other hand, blogs are meant to be written by a single person, and as such, be personal articles owned by its author. Also, given its status as unofficial articles, they can have things that normally a wikia article cannot have, such as fanfiction or original work, personal stories, news articles, reviews...

Basically, something you would write in a blog in blogger, blogspot or any other page, but with related in some way to the purpose of a particular wiki.

Keep in mind that starting a blog with a simple question, so that people answer in its comment section is not desired, that purpose belongs to forum threads.

Message Walls
Message Walls are users' personal talk pages. Their main purpose is to communicate personally with a particular user, regarding their opinion about a subject, asking doubts, giving or seeking advice...