User blog comment:Xean/What Works for Your Wiki?/@comment-26686429-20110525203609

A lot of the things I see newer users do is reply to a talk page message on the talk page the user who's sent them a message. Yes, this does mean that they see the message quicker - and respond, but it offers a massive disadvantage to the wiki. A lot of the best discussions on a wiki have other users chiming in and offering help - if you're responding on 2 different talk pages, then that can't happen easily - as there's no clear place to put the reply. I always encourage replies on the same talk page. It also means that reading the entire conversation is much easier. If you think someone hasn't read your reply - post a small message on their talk page saying that you've replied - but ask that they reply on one page to save confusion.