At https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Babel#Proposal_to_enable_DiscussionTools_on_Meta-Wiki_as_an_opt-in_Beta_Feature (https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:Babel&oldid=20453755), there is consensus to enable DiscussionTools on Meta as an opt-in beta feature.
Deployment timing
The Reply Tool should be made available on Meta as a Beta Feature on Wednesday, 14-October-2020 in conjunction with it being made available on the other "Phase 2 wikis." See: T264693#6531186.
Implementation details
- To use the Reply Tool, all logged in editors at https://meta.wikimedia.org/ who DO NOT have the Automatically enable most beta features preference enabled, will need to do the following:
- 1. Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures
- 2. Locate the Discussion tools "beta feature"
- 3. "Check" the checkbox to enable the Discussion tools "beta feature"
- 4. Visit any talk page or talk-like page (e.g. a page where __NEWSECTIONLINK__ is present), observe [ reply ] links are appended to each comment
- To use the Reply Tool, all logged in editors at https://meta.wikimedia.org/ who DO have the Automatically enable most beta features preference enabled, will need to do the following:
- 1. Visit any talk page or talk-like page (e.g. a page where __NEWSECTIONLINK__ is present), observe [ reply ] links are appended to each comment
Testing instructions
- Visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures and confirm DiscussionTools is available as a Beta feature
- Visit a discussion page (e.g. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Babel) and file a task if [ reply ] links are NOT appearing where and/or how you think they should be
- Visit your user sandbox page at https://meta.wikimedia.org/
- A) Document the text input mode – source or visual – that is shown when a logged in user uses the Reply Tool for the first time in the "Text input mode behavior" section below
- B) Document if the Reply Tool does NOT "remember" [i] the text input mode – source or visual – you used in your previous edit
- C) File a task if you encounter cases where you are unable to post comments [ii] and/or if the Reply Tool behaves in any ways you deem to be unexpected
Text input mode behavior
| Wiki | Input mode shown by default (logged in) | Tool remembers last input mode used (y/n) |
|---|---|---|
Done
- The behavior described in the "Implementation" details section above is implemented
- QA has completed the steps described in the "Testing instructions" section
- QA has filed tickets for the new issues that surfaced while completing the steps described in the "Testing instructions" section
- QA has filled in the table in the "Text input mode behavior" section
