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<tr><td width=95%><font style="font-size:150%">Looking for works in Quenya</font></td><td>[<font color=blue>edit</font>]</td></tr></table>
<tr><td width=95%><font style="font-size:150%">Looking for works in Quenya</font></td><td>[<font color=blue>edit</font>]</td></tr></table>


To add a message to an existing topic, simply click on the [<font color=blue>edit</font>] link at the right of the topic title.
To add a message to an existing topic, simply click on the [<font color=blue>edit</font>] link at the right of the topic title and post your message '''below the previous posted messages on the topic'''.


'''Please start your message''' with an asterisk (&nbsp;'''*'''&nbsp;) at the beginning of a new line (which produces a "square bullet" item starter).
'''To Post a message''', simply start a new line with the [[Template:ItemPost]] as follows:


And, '''please sign your message''' by typing four tildes ('''<tt><nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki></tt>''') at the end of your message.
<tt><nowiki>{{ItemPost|<your name & date>|<your message>}}</nowiki></tt>.
 
The easiest way to [[ChoralWiki:Signatures|sign and date]] your message is to type four tildes ('''<tt><nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki></tt>''') for <your name & date>.  Thus, for example, typing
 
<tt><nowiki>{{ItemPost|~~~~|</nowiki><br>
Here is a sample message<br>
spread over several lines.<nowiki><br></nowiki><br>
 
It even has more than one paragraph.<br>
}}</tt>
 
results in:
 
{{ItemPost|[[User:CHGiffen|Chuck]][[User talk:CHGiffen|<sub><small>'''talk'''</small></sub>]]&nbsp;[[User:Charles H. Giffen|Giffen]][[Charles H. Giffen|<sub>'''♫'''</sub>]] 06:32, 19 March 2008 (PDT)|
Here is a sample message<br>
spread over several lines.<br>
 
It even has more than one paragraph.
}}


You can '''track the activity in this talk page''' by adding this page to your Watchlist - simply click on the <font color=blue>watch</font> tab at the top of this page.
You can '''track the activity in this talk page''' by adding this page to your Watchlist - simply click on the <font color=blue>watch</font> tab at the top of this page.

Revision as of 13:38, 19 March 2008

Bulletin board talk page

To start a new topic, just type

{{NewTopic|<title of new topic>}}

at the beginning of a line. For example, typing

{{NewTopic|Looking for works in Quenya}}

will start a new topic, appearing as:

Looking for works in Quenya[edit]

To add a message to an existing topic, simply click on the [edit] link at the right of the topic title and post your message below the previous posted messages on the topic.

To Post a message, simply start a new line with the Template:ItemPost as follows:

{{ItemPost|<your name & date>|<your message>}}.

The easiest way to sign and date your message is to type four tildes ( ~~~~ ) for <your name & date>. Thus, for example, typing

{{ItemPost|~~~~|
Here is a sample message
spread over several lines.<br>

It even has more than one paragraph.
}}

results in:

 Help 

Here is a sample message
spread over several lines.

It even has more than one paragraph.

You can track the activity in this talk page by adding this page to your Watchlist - simply click on the watch tab at the top of this page.


Use of this talk page

 Help 

Use this talk page to post messages or questions that don't fit into any of the forums listed on the Bulletin board. Please consult the various forums before starting a new topic here or posting here to see if one of them would be a better place.

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