This task is about enabling the relevant config flag(s) to make The Reply Tool available to contributors at the "Phase 2" wikis (listed below) as a Beta Feature.
Phase 2 wikis
Source: Talk pages project/Scaling
| Column A | Column B | Column C | Column D | Column E |
| Wikipedia (unless otherwise noted) | Language code | Announcement URL | Pages to test whether [ reply ] links appear | Pages where you can test posting comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amharic | am | See Column H (Communication Channel in the Talk pages project/Scaling sheet. | Copy contents from pages linked in this table's Column D to your sandbox | |
| Assamese | as | " " | " " | |
| Bhojpuri | bh | " " | " " | |
| *Spanish | es | " " | " " | |
| Basque | eu | " " | " " | |
| Persian | fa | " " | " " | |
| *Hebrew | he | " " | " " | |
| *Hindi | hi | " " | " " | |
| Armenian | hy | " " | " " | |
| Icelandic | is | " " | " " | |
| *Italian | it | " " | " " | |
| *Lithuanian | lt | " " | " " | |
| Maithili | mai | " " | " " | |
| Mtton | mnw | " " | " " | |
| Marathi | mr | " " | " " | |
| *Burmese | my | " " | " " | |
| Nepali | ne | " " | " " | |
| Norwegian Bokmal | no | " " | " " | |
| N'Ko | nqo | " " | " " | |
| Punjabi | pa | " " | " " | |
| Polish | pl | " " | " " | |
| *Portuguese | pt | " " | " " | |
| *Santali | sat | " " | " " | |
| Sinhala | si | " " | " " | |
| Tamil | ta | " " | " " | |
| *Thai | th | " " | " " | |
| *Turkish | tr | " " | " " | |
| Ukrainian | uk | " " | " " | |
| *Meta-Wiki | metawiki | " " | " " | |
| English Wikiversity | en.wikiversity | " " | " " | |
* = Wikis we should prioritize testing the Reply Tool on.
Implementation details
- To use the Reply Tool, all logged in editors at the Wikipedias listed in the "Phase 2 wikis" section above, 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 the Wikipedias listed in the "Phase 2 wikis" section above, 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
Deployment timing
Wednesday, 14-October assuming no blocking issues are identified as part of T264692.
Testing instructions
- Visit Special:Preferences > Beta features (read: mw-prefsection-betafeatures) at each of the Wikipedias listed above and confirm DiscussionTools is available as a Beta feature
- Visit the pages listed in the "Pages to test whether [ reply ] links appear" column above and file a task if [ reply ] links are NOT appearing where and/or how they should be
- Visit the pages listed in the "Pages where you can test posting comments" column above and:
- A) Document the text input mode – source or visual – is shown when a logged in user uses the Reply Tool for the first time on a given wiki
- 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) |
|---|---|---|
This information can be found in the T264693 sheet of this workbook: Reply Tool QA.
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
