User blog comment:Dopp/Communicate Easily with Message Wall/@comment-26333886-20110926201648/@comment-3388044-20110927104506

I sort of do what Charitwo does, but in the opposite direction. If I post to John Doe's talkpage, and instead of replying right there, he replies on my talk page — despite me having a clear notice at the top not to do that — I place my original posting above his response on my talkpage (inside a quotation template) so that it is clear what he was responding to. Then, below his response, I respond to his response! Now, the whole string is collected in one spot, in order. I then alert him with a talkback template that he has a message on my talkpage. The discussion then continues on my talkpage, in that spot, with no more breaking. Works every time. Without fail. And, usually no repeat breaking of threads from that person.

That is how easy and simple it is to elevate someone’s skillset to doing things correctly. This is how easy it is to educate. Rather than having to diminsh our own by hamstringing ourselves with something like MessageWalls, and thereby reduce the required skillset to the lowest common denominator.