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== Readability ==
An article longer than one or two pages when printed should be divided into sections to ease navigation.
Articles that cover particularly technical subjects should, in general, be shorter than articles on less technical subjects.
== Talk pages ==
* Stay on topic: Talk pages are for discussing the page, not for general conversation. Keep discussions focused on how to improve the page.
* Be positive: Article talk pages should be used to discuss ways to improve an article; not to criticize. However, if you feel something is wrong, but are not sure how to fix it, then by all means feel free to draw attention to this and ask for suggestions from others.
* Stay objective: Talk pages are not a forum for editors to argue their personal point of view about a controversial issue.
* Share material: The talk page can be used to "park" material removed from the article due to verification or other concerns. New material can be prepared on the talk page until it is ready to be put into the page.
* Discuss edits: The talk page is particularly useful to talk about edits. If one of your edits has been reverted, and you change it back again, it is good practice to leave an explanation on the talk page and a note in the edit summary that you have done so.
* Make proposals: New proposals for the page can be put forward for discussion by other editors if you wish. Proposals might include changes to specific details, page moves, merges or making a section of a long page into a separate page.
* Start new topics at the bottom of the page: If you put a post at the top of the page, it is confusing and can easily be overlooked. The latest topic should be the one at the bottom of the page, then the next post will go underneath yours and so on. This makes it easy to see the chronological order of posts. A quick way to do this is to use the "New section" tab next to the "Edit" button on the talk page you are on.
== User talk pages ==
While the purpose of talk pages is to discuss the content of pages, the purpose of user talk pages is to draw the attention or discuss the edits of a user. IMSMA Wiki is not a social networking site, and all discussion should ultimately be directed solely toward the improvement of the wiki.
Users may freely remove comments from their own talk pages.
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