TV5 Wiki:Talk Page Policy

This talk page policy describes rules pertaining to talk pages and other pages on the TV5 Wiki where discussion between users takes place.

Talk pages
The Talk Page of a particular article is used to make proposals for the page itself that may require discussion, 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 the article or its content, or to defend edits that may have been removed.

The talk pages have a particular set of rules, in addition to general rules of behaviour as explained in the Vandalism or Blocking policies.


 * 1) Talk pages containing messages should have a Talk page header. Remember to add it when creating the talk page.
 * 2) DO NOT make the talk page just for the sake of making it. Such actions will be SANCTIONED. The talk page has a purpose, and that purpose is not to stand empty.
 * 3) All comments must be accompanied by a signature. Signatures can be easily added by typing ~ at the end of the comment.
 * 4) No user may edit another user's comment, unless explicitly allowed by an administrator.
 * 5) 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 visibly placed at the top of the original page.
 * 6) Some times, comments may be removed without being archived, especially when they follow any of these subjects:
 * 7) * Requests for additional content to the article. (e.g. You have to add this fact that is missing in the article.)
 * 8) * Accidental duplicate posts.
 * 9) * Comments erroneously posted on the wrong page.
 * 10) * Posts made directly to an archive page or archived discussion
 * 11) * Spam, vandalism, or test edits
 * 12) * Off-topic posts and replies to such posts
 * 13) * Comments that consist solely of personal attacks, with no content of substance relevant to the topic being discussed.
 * 14) * Potentially defamatory comments, regardless of who the subject of the accusation is or whether they can be identified.
 * 15) * Posting of private personal information.
 * 16) Retracting a comment should not be made by removing the comment. The author of a comment 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.