Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype/Topic Containers



Welcome!

This page has instructions for testing a desktop prototype of a new part of the Talk pages project. This new project changes the  on talk pages.

Goals:


 * 1) People who are new to editing quickly recognize that talk pages are places to communicate with other volunteers.
 * 2) People who are experienced with editing can quickly find the conversations they want to join.

Try the prototype
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 * 1) Use a desktop device to visit this  test  Wikipedia: INSERT LINK TO PATCH DEMO
 * 2) Create an account by clicking the   link. [i]
 * 3) Visit this article talk page (INSERT LINK TO PAGE)  or  this user talk page (INSERT LINK TO PAGE).
 * 4) Find the discussion that has been edited most recently.
 * 5) Find the discussion that has the most people participating in it.
 * 6) Find the discussion with the most comments.
 * 7) Scroll back to the discussion you identified in "Step 4." and figure out how you would do the following:
 * 8) Subscribe to the discussion, so that you are notified when new comments are posted in it.
 * 9) Post a reply in the discussion.
 * 10) Edit the reply you posted.
 * 11) ✅ That is it! You are now ready to share your feedback.

i. Note: this is a test wiki so you will not be able to log in using the same username you use on other Wikimedia wikis.

Share your feedback
After you complete the instructions listed in the Try the Prototype section, please share your thoughts.


 * 1) Go to the talk page.
 * 2) Click/tap the   textbox.
 * 3) Type
 * 4) Write answers to these questions:
 * 5) What did you find unexpected about the prototype?
 * 6) Which – if any – of the steps in the "Try the Prototype" section were you uncertain about?
 * 7) What do you appreciate about the prototype?
 * 8) What do you wish was different about the prototype?
 * 9) OPTIONAL: On what talk pages can you imagine this design not working? If you can share links to these pages, that would be valuable.
 * 10) Click/tap the  button.
 * 11) ✅ You are done!