Help:Structured Discussions

Structured Discussions (formerly known as Flow) are SD>Special:MyLanguage/Structured Discussions|a project of the Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation to build a modern discussion and collaboration system for Wikimedia projects.

Quick tour


Discover on one page why we built Structured Discussions, and how to use it: editing basics, post an answer (to the global discussion or to a specific person in a global conversation), create a discussion, watch a topic or a whole board, get notifications and browse and archive subjects.

There is some specific terms concerning Structured Discussions. They have been defined in nomenclature>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Structured Discussions/Glossary|the Glossary.

Structured Discussions are not working for you? Please check problems>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Structured Discussions/Known problems|if you can solve that problem.

Advanced tools
Some advanced tools are available, for specific purposes. They have been regrouped on these subjects:


 * What happens when Structured Discussions are enabled on a page?
 * What happens when Structured Discussions are enabled on a page?


 * Edit a topic/message, Summarize a topic, Resolve a topic
 * Edit a topic/message, Summarize a topic, Resolve a topic


 * How to create links to subjects
 * How to create links to subjects


 * The notifications you receive and the different inputs in watchlists
 * The notifications you receive and the different inputs in watchlists


 * How the history system works
 * How the history system works


 * Hide, Delete, Suppress topics
 * Hide, Delete, Suppress topics


 * Preloading contents on a new Structured Discussions conversation
 * Preloading contents on a new Structured Discussions conversation


 * Keyboard shortcuts to use on visual editing mode.
 * Keyboard shortcuts to use on visual editing mode.