This task is about enabling the relevant config flag(s) to make The Reply Tool available to contributors at the "Phase 2" wikis (listed below) as a Beta Feature.
=== Phase 2 wikis
//Source: [Talk pages project/Scaling](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pAalxkIzqgC60rVYjU7jQ9emMf6Qh9zFziX4ZaiI6Sw/edit#gid=0)//
|Wikipedia (unless otherwise noted)|Language code|Announcement URL
|---|---|---
|Amharic|am|
|Assamese|as|
|Bhojpuri|bh|
|Spanish|es|
|Basque|eu|
|Persian|fa|
|~~Finnish~~ //See: T264693#6541327//|~~fi~~|
|Hebrew|he|
|Hindi|hi|
|Armenian|hy|
|Icelandic|is|
|Italian|it|
|Lithuanian|lt|
|Maithili|mai|
|Mtton|mnw|
|Marathi|mr|
|Burmese|my|
|Nepali|ne|
|Norwegian Bokmal|no|
|N'Ko|nqo|
|Punjabi|pa|
|Polish|pl|
|Portuguese| pt|
|Santali| sat|
|Sinhala| si|
|Tamil| ta|
|Thai| th|
|Turkish| tr|
|Ukrainian| uk|
|Meta-Wiki| metawiki|
|English Wikiversity|en.wikiversity|
=== Implementation details
- To use the Reply Tool, all logged in editors at the Wikipedias listed in the "Phase 2 wikis" section above, who **DO NOT** have the `Automatically enable most beta features` preference enabled, will need to do the following:
-- 1. Go to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures
-- 2. Locate the `Discussion tools` "beta feature"
-- 3. "Check" the checkbox to enable the `Discussion tools` "beta feature"
-- 4. Visit any talk page or talk-like page (e.g. a page where `__NEWSECTIONLINK__` is present), observe `[ reply ]` links are appended to each comment
- To use the Reply Tool, all logged in editors at the Wikipedias listed in the "Phase 2 wikis" section above, who **DO** have the `Automatically enable most beta features` preference enabled, will need to do the following:
-- 1. Visit any talk page or talk-like page (e.g. a page where `__NEWSECTIONLINK__` is present), observe `[ reply ]` links are appended to each comment
=== Deployment timing
**Wednesday, 14-October** assuming no blocking issues are identified as part of T264692.
=== Testing instructions
1. **Visit** Special:Preferences > Beta features (read: `mw-prefsection-betafeatures`) at each of the Wikipedias listed above and confirm `DiscussionTools` is available as a Beta feature
2. **Visit** the pages listed in the "Pages to test whether `[ reply ]` links appear" column above and file a task if `[ reply ]` links are NOT appearing where and/or how they should be
3. **Visit** the pages listed in the "Pages where you can test posting comments" column above and:
-- A) Document the text input mode – `source` or `visual` – is shown when a **logged in user** uses the Reply Tool for the //first time// on a given wiki
-- B) Document if the Reply Tool does NOT "remember" [i] the text input mode – `source` or `visual` – you used in your previous edit
-- C) File a task if you encounter cases where you are unable to post comments [ii] and/or if the Reply Tool behaves in any ways you deem to be unexpected
=== Text input mode behavior
|Wiki|Input mode shown by default (logged in)|Tool remembers last input mode used (y/n)
|---|---|---
=== Done
- [ ] The behavior described in the "Implementation" details section above is implemented
- [ ] QA has completed the steps described in the "Testing instructions" section
- [ ] QA has filed tickets for the new issues that surfaced while completing the steps described in the "Testing instructions" section
- [ ] QA has filled in the table in the "Text input mode behavior" section