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This template simplifier alerting another user that you have posted something below a question they asked on an article's talk page.  Once you have answered the question and changed the <nowiki>{{Q}}</nowiki> on the talk page to an asterisk, save the talk page.  Then go to the user's talk page - the easiest way is to click their user page - which should be in their signature - then click the '''discussion''' tab at the top of the page.  Edit the page and scroll down to the bottom, then add the following:
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This template simplifier alerting another user that you have posted something below a question they asked on an article's talk page.  Once you have answered the question and changed the <nowiki>{{Q}}</nowiki> (the [[Template:Q|Q template]]) on the talk page, save the talk page.  Then go to the user's talk page - the easiest way is to click their user page - which should be in their signature - then click the '''discussion''' tab at the top of the page.  Edit the page and scroll down to the bottom, then add the following:
 
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{{SUBST:A|pagename}}  
 
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Revision as of 19:29, 8 July 2008

This template simplifier alerting another user that you have posted something below a question they asked on an article's talk page. Once you have answered the question and changed the {{Q}} (the Q template) on the talk page, save the talk page. Then go to the user's talk page - the easiest way is to click their user page - which should be in their signature - then click the discussion tab at the top of the page. Edit the page and scroll down to the bottom, then add the following:

{{SUBST:A|pagename}}

where pagename is the name of the article whose discussion page you just edited. The A template will expand to write out:

== Information Posted At [[Talk:pagename]] ==
Greetings! - I made a post to your question at [[Talk:pagename]] about [[pagename]]. ~~~~

As an example, the code:

{{SUBST:A|MATLAB}}

run from DukeEgr93's account will produce:

Information Posted At Talk:MATLAB

Greetings! - I made a post to your question at Talk:MATLAB about MATLAB. DukeEgr93 18:25, 26 June 2008 (UTC)