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This template is {{strong|only}} for talk pages that have received {{strong|large}} amounts of chatter unrelated to the improvement of the subject page or other such off-topic posts. Otherwise {{tl|Talk header}} should suffice. If there are no such off-topic posts, this template may be removed from the talk page.<br />
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Pursuant to {{section link|Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Behavior that is unacceptable}}, talk pages are to be used for improvement of the subject page, and not as a forum or soapbox for discussing the topic.<br />
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Talk pages are also subject to [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]], and talk page discussion that defames a living person is prohibited. {{tl|blp}} communicates this policy on talk pages.<br />
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===Usage===<br />
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<code><nowiki>{{not a forum|(title)|(additional comments)|(topic to ask about at help desk)|(type=...)}}</nowiki></code><br />
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All three parameters are optional, and are not named.<br />
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; title: an alternative title for the subject. If omitted, the page name will be used.<br />
; additional comments: further pertinent material, such as links to policy pages or more appropriate forums.<br />
; 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).<br />
; type: optionally override automatically-determined {{tlx|pagetype}}. Useful for using in e.g., editnotices, where ''type=article'' would yield the appropriate text ("article") instead of "template"<br />
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