This task is about creating a way for members of the Editing Team and volunteers to evaluate the reliability of the vote detection heuristic originally shared in T259865#6655698.
=== Detection heuristic
//This section can be completed once the `===Approaches` section of the T259865 is completed.//
=== Approaches
**1. Extend the existing comment parser**
-- This approach would extend the existing comment parser such that when you add `?dtdebug=1` to a talk page URL, you would be able to see where `[ Add comment]` affordances would appear on the page.
=== Behavior
1. Navigate to any page, on any wiki, where the Reply Tool is, and theoretically would be, available (e.g. pages in the talk namespace, pages in `$wgExtraSignatureNamespaces`, pages where `__NEWSECTIONLINK__` syntax is present)
2. Add `?dtdebug=1` to the page's URL
3. Observe the following:
-- Lines are present to show the relationship/hierarchy of comments
-- `[Add comment]` affordances appear in sections where the "Detection heuristic" is met
-- `[Add comment]` affordances //do not// appear in sections where the "Detection heuristic" is //not// met