Not all wikis are public, so we should either use more flexible language, or have two versions of the message (in VE we use "publish" on public wikis and "save" on private wikis).

• "discussiontools-emptystate-desc-self": "People on {{SITENAME}} can use this page to post a public message for you and you will be notified when they do. [[{{MediaWiki:discussiontools-emptystate-link-userpage}}|Learn more]]",
• "discussiontools-emptystate-desc-self-anon": "People on {{SITENAME}} can use this page to post a public message about edits made from the IP address you are currently using.\n\nMany IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several people. You may [$1 create an account] or [$2 log in] to avoid future confusion with other logged out users. Creating an account also hides your IP address.",
• "discussiontools-emptystate-desc-user": "Talk pages are where people discuss how to make content on {{SITENAME}} the best that it can be. Start a new discussion to connect and collaborate {{GENDER:{{PAGENAME}}|with}} [[:{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]. What you say here will be public for others to see. [[{{MediaWiki:discussiontools-emptystate-link-userpage}}|Learn more]]",
• "discussiontools-emptystate-desc-user-anon": "Talk pages are where people discuss how to make content on {{SITENAME}} the best that it can be. Use this page to start a discussion about the edits made from this IP address. What you say here will be public for others to see. Many IP addresses change periodically, and are often shared by several people. [[{{MediaWiki:discussiontools-emptystate-link-userpage-anon}}|Learn more]]",