HRWiki talk:Talk page etiquette
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Reminders to myself: When is it necessary to note an edit conflict. When is it undesirable. What are some options when you get a conflict. — It's dot com 05:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Even though Dot com's just talking to himself over here, it makes for good conversation. We all tend to put "edit conflict" in our summaries or even our edits themselves when we get cut off, mostly because of how annoying it is. But in the end, we probably shouldn't be doing it; everyone's just trying to edit the same page and we already know. — Lapper (talk) 06:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- More notes: Something like: Good posts are written to flow from one to the next and with an eye toward the creating a discussion that stands up over a long period of time. Getting an edit conflict is frustrating, especially if you get several in a row, but it is usually unnecessary to note the fact that you experienced any as you were editing a talk page. Noting a conflict breaks up the flow of a discussion and ignores the fact that talk pages are read minutes, hours, days, or even years after the fact. If you do get an edit conflict, often whatever you had to say could simply be posted (perhaps with one additional colon) right in the thread. Or maybe you could rewrite part of what you wrote to reflect the fact that someone else has just said something very similar. You could even agree with the post that caused the edit conflict. ... And then some more words or something. — It's dot com 06:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
