Help:Champion discussion

Discussions over specific topics may need to take place from time to time. PetroWiki offers moderators a convenient place for asynchronous communication through the moderation task page. Starting or joining a discussion is easy when you follow a few short steps.

Edit requirements

Discussions can only be started if a page has been edited by someone. If a page has not been edited but moderators would like to discuss a page then a simple edit can be generated on the topic page in order to create a discussion link.

Minor edit

Do not use "Minor edit' when creating a simple edit. Minor edits do not go through moderation.

Who can contribute

Only the moderators assigned to the topic page can contribute to the discussion.

Daily email alerts

Task alerts

When an edit is made to start a discussion a daily email alert of pending moderation tasks will still be generated until the edit is resolved as accepted or rejected.

Discussion alerts

Alerts are not generated on the discussion forum. Moderators will need to log in and check the discussion area for responses.

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How to start a discussion

Step one

• Login to PetroWiki
• Open the Moderation task list page. See also: The moderation task page tutorial

Step two

• Click on the link that reads Start discussion.

Step three

• Click the 'Start a new discussion link. See image below.

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• Add a subject.
• Highlighted for emphasis (yellow - original post)

• Add your comments or questions.

• Save your new discussion.

When you save your discussion it creates a new discussion forum for collaboration with other moderators.

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How to join a discussion

Step one

• Login to PetroWiki
• Open the Moderation task list page. See also: The moderation task page tutorial

Step two

• Click on the link that reads Join discussion.

Step three

• Read the comment(s) left by other moderator(s)
• Click Reply when you are ready to respond.
• Highlighted for emphasis (yellow - original post) (blue - response post)

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• Add your responses or suggestions.

• Save your responses.

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