සැකිල්ල:Not a forum/doc

This template is only for talk pages that have received large amounts of chatter unrelated to the improvement of the subject page or other such off-topic posts. Otherwise {{Talk header}} should suffice. If there are no such off-topic posts, this template may be removed from the talk page.

Pursuant to Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Behavior that is unacceptable § Notes, talk pages are to be used for improvement of the subject page, and not as a forum or soapbox for discussing the topic.

Talk pages are also subject to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, and talk page discussion that defames a living person is prohibited. {{blp}} communicates this policy on talk pages.

Usage

{{not a forum|(title)|(additional comments)|(topic to ask about at help desk)|(type=...)}}

All three parameters are optional, and are not named.

title

an alternative title for the subject. If omitted, the page name will be used.

additional comments

further pertinent material, such as links to policy pages or more appropriate forums.

topic to ask about at help desk

what should be discussed at the help desk, if different from title (sometimes, using the title may be grammatically awkward).

type

optionally override automatically-determined {{pagetype}}. Useful for using in e.g., editnotices, where type=article would yield the appropriate text ("article") instead of "template"

See also

• {{uw-chat1}}