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===Main user page restrictions=== | ===Main user page restrictions=== | ||
There is no general rule about how long a user page can be, although it can be difficult to maintain or for someone to access if it becomes too long. Checking the page's history will reveal how large the page is; if it starts going past the area of | There is no general rule about how long a user page can be, although it can be difficult to maintain or for someone to access if it becomes too long. Checking the page's history will reveal how large the page is; if it starts going past the area of 32,000 bytes and you do not wish to remove anything, consider splitting some of the content into a subpage. | ||
===User talk page restrictions=== | ===User talk page restrictions=== | ||
Like other talk pages, you may not remove comments from your talk page, outside of obvious vandal/spam posts. However, you are permitted to archive older comments as your talk page gets longer (again, at around the | Like other talk pages, you may not remove comments from your talk page, outside of obvious vandal/spam posts. However, you are permitted to archive older comments as your talk page gets longer (again, at around the 32,000 byte mark). Do so by copying or moving your talk page to an archive subpage, such as [[User talk:Example/Archive 1]], and leave a prominent link to it from your main talk page. You may wish to use [[Template:Archive box|the archive box template]] for this purpose. Discussions should be continued on a user's main talk page, rather than in their archives. | ||
You are also permitted to post "guidelines" on how users are to respond on your talkpage if you desire. However, you will not be able to enforce any sort of talkpage rules that are not SmashWiki policy (such as attempting to forbid users from cursing on your talk page). | You are also permitted to post "guidelines" on how users are to respond on your talkpage if you desire. However, you will not be able to enforce any sort of talkpage rules that are not SmashWiki policy (such as attempting to forbid users from cursing on your talk page). |