This ticket represents requirements for the initial approach we take to editing specific comments as well as the work involved with implementing it.
=== Requirements
//⚠️This list is still evolving//
The following requirements. should be implemented for use by contributors to **all Wikipedia talk pages** on **desktop web**
- Contributors will only be able to see the edit affordance on comments they have written
--- //Technically, contributors will only be able to see the edit affordance next to comments signed with the username they are logged in with//
- Contributors will not see an indication that a specific comment has been edited on the talk page (e.g. there will be no "edited" indication as there is on Slack for example)
- Contributors should //not// be able to edit their signature, regardless of the edit mode (`source` or `visual`) they are using.
=== Open questions
- [ ] How should notifications behave when a contributor @ mentions someone new while editing their comment. //See this comment for context: T246245#5976962//
- [ ] Should edited comments have a dedicated change tag associated with them? //See T273611 via @Patriccck.//
=== Done
- [ ] The "Open questions" above have been answered
- [ ] The "Requirements" above have been implemented
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On-wiki mentions:
- Akoopal at nl.wiki: https://w.wiki/S6Q
- [Valereee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Valereee) at en.wiki: https://w.wiki/uWk
- @Klein (https://w.wiki/3sQ$): //"...I want to be able to edit my last comment because of a typo or another minor change and for that basically I have to scroll up to the top, press edit for the whole section, scroll back to the bottom again... In long conversations it gets really tiring."//
- User:LittleGun, //"I would like to be able to edit individual replies, rather tan [sic] a whole section."// | [source](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Talk_pages_project/Usability#c-LittleGun-2022-05-20T05:51:00.000Z-Feedback:_LittleGun)
- [User:আফতাবুজ্জামান](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8): //"It would be nice to have the opportunity to edit the answer provided without going to the full text editor."// | Source: [mw:Topic:Wvwd06jr8wr6iux5](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Wvwd06jr8wr6iux5)
- [User:Dulken](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Dulken): //"there should be visual editing whenever you need to edit your reply"// | Source: [Topic:Wvx2piv3cl4aecof](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Wvx2piv3cl4aecof)