The tool is referred to inconsistently in various places:
* In preferences -> editing: "Enable quick **topic** adding"
* In preferences -> beta: "Add new **topics** using an inline form.
* In the tab add the top of the page "Add **topic**"
* Internally in the code base DiscussionTools_new**topic**tool
* On the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary#New_discussion_tool | mw.org feature summary page ]]: "New **discussion** tool"
* In various other on-wiki community consultations[1][2][3], we have referred to it as the "new **discussion** tool"
Using "new discussion tool" is problematic:
* It doesn't conflict with the name of the extension: "Discussion Tools" - to someone familiar with the extension it can sound like "The new [extension called] discussion tools" [4]
* Topic is already used in many places in the UI and codebase (see above)
Going forward this confusion is only going to get worse as:
* You subscribe to new //discussions// using the "**topic** subscription" feature.
* You will soon be able to restyle //discussions// using the "**topic** containers" feature.
=== Process
|Step|Description|Status
|---|---|---
|1. |Announce name change on [Talk:Talk pages project/New discussion](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/New_discussion)|
|2. |Move [Talk:Talk pages project/New discussion](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/New_discussion) to [Talk:Talk pages project/New topic](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/New_topic)|
|3. |Update most visible documentation. //See pages listed in `===Documentation in need of updating`|
|4.| Use `New Topic Tool` exclusively to refer to the feature going forward|
|5.| Update remaining mentions of `New Discussion Tool` as part of T294592|
=== Documentation in need of updating
//The table below is NOT yet populated with all pages that need to be updated.//
|Project|Page name|Update status
|---|---|---
|mediawiki|[Talk pages project/Feature summary](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary)| ✅ Done
|mediawiki|[Talk pages project/New discussion](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/New_discussion)|
|en.wiki|[wp:Talk pages project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_pages_project)|
|mediawiki|[Deployment status](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Deployment_Status)|
=== Done
- [ ]` === Documentation in need of updating` is populated with most visible documentation
- [ ] Steps 1 through 4 within `=== Process` are " ✅ Done"
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1. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?search=%22new+discussion+tool%22&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns12=1&ns100=1&ns102=1&ns104=1&ns106=1
2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22new+discussion+tool%22&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1&ns12=1&ns200=1&ns202=1
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_pages_project
4. See confusion in this thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse&oldid=1077189430#Should_we_enable_the_new_discussion_tool_for_everyone?
We should update the mw.org documentation to consistently refer to a "new topic tool" and only use this term going forward.