Forum:Slight confusion on user talk page protocol

I'm a little confused on the way discussion is done here on user talk pages, with messages being left only on the person being talked to's page, meaning that a new person reading it gets only one side of the discussion. Now, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, or that we should change, it just threw me for a loop, as it seemed to only start a month or so ago. Is this a new style guide we are supposed to be obeying, or do other wikis do this too? --Talon Lardner 06:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)