This task is about deploying the config change(s) necessary to make the New Discussion Tool available to people at the projects listed below via the `Discussion tools` Beta Feature.
=== Deployment timing
Provisional deployment date: **WEDNESDAY, 10-MARCH-2021.**
We will finalize this date once T275828 is resolved.
=== Projects
//As part of this deployment, the New Discussion Tool should be made available as a beta feature at all Wikipedias **EXCEPT** those listed in the table listed below.//
|Number|Wiki|Code|Notes
|---|---|---|---
|1.|English Wikipedia| en.wiki| This will //likely// happen as part of T273146.
|2.|Russian Wikipedia| ru.wiki| This will //likely// happen as part of T276493.
|3.|German Wikipedia| de.wiki| This will //likely// happen as part of T276494.
=== Open questions
- [x] What projects should the New Discussion Tool be made available as a Beta Feature as part of this deployment?
-- //The answer to this question depends on knowing when the Reply Tool A/B test (T252057) will finish. Reason: in order to isolate the impact of the Reply Tool on peoples' behavior, we'd like to minimize the likelihood of changes to other parts of their talk page editing experiences.// <-- On 3-March-2020, @MNeisler shared we have enough data to begin the Reply Tool A/B test analysis. As such, the wikis that participated in the test *can* be included in this deployment of the New Discussion Tool. The `=== Project` section above has been updated to reflect this.
=== Done
- [ ] All "Open questions" are answered
- [ ] The deployment date is documented in the `===Deployment timing` section above
- [ ] People at the projects listed above who have the `Discussion tools` Beta Feature enabled are able to use the New Discussion Tool.