//First reported by [user:Nemo_Le_Poisson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Nemo_Le_Poisson) on French Wikpedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_Projet:Outils_de_discussion //
=== Actual behavior
1. Navigate to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_Projet:Outils_de_discussion?dtenable=1
2. Click any `Répondre` link
3. Click `Répondre` button
4. ⚠️ A reply with no content is published to the talk page [1][2]
=== Expected behavior
1. Navigate to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_Projet:Outils_de_discussion?dtenable=1
2. Click any `Répondre` link
3. Click `Répondre` button
4. ✅ Unable to post a reply to the talk page without having entered some text into the text input
=== Open question
- [x] @iamjessklein: What do you think is the best way to communicate to a person why they are unable to publish an empty reply? [3]
=== Done
- [ ] Contributors are not able to publish replies without having entered any text into the text input
-- //See T246058#5917507: "Reply button should appear as disabled (gray) until theres text in the input field."//
This way, it shouldn't be tappable until there's content there.
- [ ] Contributors understand why they are not able to publish an empty reply
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1. https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=167654965&oldid=167646186&title=Discussion_Projet:Jeu_vid%C3%A9o&diffmode=source
2. https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussion_Projet%3AOutils_de_discussion&type=revision&diff=167787057&oldid=167745839
3. My instinct: follow the patterns other services (e.g. Gitlab, Github) that similarly do not couple discussion actions (e.g. change the state of the task as part of the replying workflow) with the reply workflow: the "Reply" button should not be "activated" until someone has entered text into the text input.