Thread mode is a form of discussion where our community holds a conversation.

There are at least four ways you can contribute to a page in thread mode:

1. You can ADD a comment furthering the conversation. Please sign your comments like this, especially when writing in the first person. -- DavidOrnstein

• When inserting comments in the middle of a thread, it can be useful to include a date tag to give readers a sense of chronology. -- ChrisLozach 12/9/04

2. You can EDIT older comments signed by others to improve the flow. Rearranging, merging and editing comments is a real contribution to communication if done with care and respect. But Rather than edit something with which one disagrees, perhaps changing its meaning, the WikiMaster will draw a line and comment below the line

3. If you see several conversations going at once, you can SPLIT them apart, putting all comments about a given subject on their own page. Leave a short summary with the name of the new page in the old page.

4. If comments seem to be converging then think through whether there is a TopicName that represents the convergence. Add a new page with that TopicName and try placing an OpeningStatement on that page that is your first shot at capturing the convergence.

See also MovingFromDocumentModeToThreadMode.