Help:Structured Discussions/Activation

Installation
Reminder: Structured Discussions were formerly called "Flow". Some tools and processes may have kept the old name.

Wikimedia Foundation wikis
Structured Discussions is only enabled on some Wikimedia wikis. Some of those wikis have it available as a Beta feature for all users. It will not be installed on any more Wikimedia wikis.

Other wikis
You will need to install the StructuredDiscussions extension on your wiki.

Learn more at

Beta Feature
On some wikis, Structured Discussions is available in.

If Structured Discussions is available as a Beta Feature on your wiki, you can activate and deactivate Structured Discussions on your talk page by visiting the link on your personal toolbar.

You need to have an account and to be logged-in to activate a Beta Feature.

When you activate Structured Discussions, a bot account named "Flow talk page manager" performs the following tasks:


 * archives your previous talk page in wikitext in a sub-page;
 * creates a link to this sub-page on Structured Discussions Board's description (the bar on the right side);
 * copies all templates you had at the top of your talk page to the description bar;
 * creates a Structured Discussions Board on your personal talk page.

When you deactivate Structured Discussions, "Flow talk page manager" does the following tasks:


 * creates a new, blank wikitext talk page;
 * archives the Structured Discussions Board on a sub-page.

Flow talk page manager may have a delay to activate Structured Discussions.

If you don't have Structured Discussions on your talk page after a few minutes, please report it.

It is not possible to convert a wikitext page content to Structured Discussions, or vice-versa.

This is due to Structured Discussions's structure (a Board with Topics).

If you want to rename, delete or restore a Structured Discussions board, please see the Administration page.

Manual activation
Sysops on wikis that have Structured Discussions installed have the right to create, move and delete Structured Discussions boards.

To activate flow, go to  on your wiki. Type the name of the page on the first form. The second textarea allows you to pre-fill the Board Description. The activation process will be the same as described above.

Page moves are done like any other page.

Deletion of a Structured Discussion Board is done like any other page. However, if you want to archive the Board, move it to a sub-page instead.