In T303493#7789747, @Akoopal wrote:

A very simple approach, that is always good as a fallback, is magicwords/variables where the community can steer the software, so explicitely marking a page as discussion/non-discusssion. That can be then hidden in templates, for example for nl-wiki in [[w:nl:Sjabloon:Kroegentocht]], which is added to the relevant pages anyway.

@Akoopal can you share more about the "...be then hidden in templates..." part? What wikitext is being hidden in the Sjabloon:Kroegentocht template? What does this wikitext do to the pages it is added to?

In T304753#7807870, @ppelberg wrote:

In T303493#7789747, @Akoopal wrote:

A very simple approach, that is always good as a fallback, is magicwords/variables where the community can steer the software, so explicitely marking a page as discussion/non-discusssion. That can be then hidden in templates, for example for nl-wiki in [[w:nl:Sjabloon:Kroegentocht]], which is added to the relevant pages anyway.

@Akoopal can you share more about the "...be then hidden in templates..." part? What wikitext is being hidden in the Sjabloon:Kroegentocht template? What does this wikitext do to the pages it is added to?

You misunderstand me. This is a navigation template used on all pages that are discussion pages about various topics. If a magicword is implemented, it can be put in this template (in includeonly tags) so all discussion pages are marked at once, so you don't really see it on the discussion page itself, so also less likely to be removed.

In T304753#7808520, @Akoopal wrote:

In T304753#7807870, @ppelberg wrote:

In T303493#7789747, @Akoopal wrote:

A very simple approach, that is always good as a fallback, is magicwords/variables where the community can steer the software, so explicitely marking a page as discussion/non-discusssion. That can be then hidden in templates, for example for nl-wiki in [[w:nl:Sjabloon:Kroegentocht]], which is added to the relevant pages anyway.

@Akoopal can you share more about the "...be then hidden in templates..." part? What wikitext is being hidden in the Sjabloon:Kroegentocht template? What does this wikitext do to the pages it is added to?

You misunderstand me. This is a navigation template used on all pages that are discussion pages about various topics. If a magicword is implemented, it can be put in this template (in includeonly tags) so all discussion pages are marked at once, so you don't really see it on the discussion page itself, so also less likely to be removed.

Ah, okay! Thank you for sharing this additional detail, @Akoopal! think I now understand what you were sharing with me...

You are saying that the Sjabloon:Kroegentocht template is added to all discussion pages at nl.wiki. This means if we do end up implementing a magic word to signal whether Usability Improvements could be shown on a particular page, we could include this magic word within the Sjabloon:Kroegentocht template by wrapping it inside of <includeonly>...</includeonly> tags.

...please tell me if I've misunderstood you (for a second time :) )

I have learned to never say 'all' on Wikipedia :-), but all topic-related village pumps, and the villagepump itself (de kroeg) are in there, so this should at least cover the Wikipedia namespace, which I think is the main part where there can be confusion. For the rest, yes, you understood me correctly.