This task is about introducing new page-level elements to talk pages to help people //immediately// recognize talk pages as places where editors talk and to get a sense for the level of activity happening with these pages.
We will likely need to create two different "frames" and have sub-tasks for each one:
- A frame for talk pages in the User namespace
- A frame for talk pages in all other namespaces. [i]
=== Open questions
- [ ] What – if any – existing elements are shown at the top of talk pages, immediately beneath the page title, that any design would need to consider?
- [ ] How might the bottom posting convention [ii] impact peoples' awareness, particularly those on mobile, of the latest conversations about the article they are reading/editing? //via @Johnuniq in [Enable Article / Talk tab bar for mobile anon users
](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)&oldid=1041839798#Enable_Article_/_Talk_tab_bar_for_mobile_anon_users) at en.wiki.//
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i. The distinction I have in mind between user talk pages and all other talk pages is as follows: user talk pages are unique in so far as the "artifact" they are adjoined to (read: the `User page`) represents a person's identity whereas talk pages in all other non-User namespaces are adjoined to an artifact that is being collaborative created and maintained.
ii. The conversations started most recently are posted to the bottom of talk pages.