Help:Communication

There are a number of communication methods available to users of one of the Wikia. Here's a list

1. User Page Discussion Pane---You may leave a message for someone in the 'Discussion' pane of their user page. Normally, they would respond to you on YOUR discussion page. This can make for a disjointed conversation, but seems to work well enough in practice.

2. Article Discussion Pane---You may leave a comment on a particular article in the articles "discussion" pane.

3. Email---If someone has enabled emailing in their preferences you may contact them privtely through standard email.

4. Genealogy Email---Their is a genealogy email list that sends an email to everyone who has registered their email address. This is used when its helpful to communicate with everyone on the wiki. Those who have not registered do not get the email of course. Getting these messages may be a good reason to register.

5. Water Cooler---This is the traditional place on a wiki where people can exchange views in a public manner. This has recently been converted by Robin Patterson to a "Forum" system, taking advantage of the new capbabilities under the most recent release of the WikiaMedia---the program underlying the wiki.