Help:Structured Discussions

Flow is Flow>Special:MyLanguage/Flow|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 Flow, 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 Flow. They have been defined in nomenclature>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Flow/Glossary|the Glossary.

Flow is not working for you? Please check problems>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Flow/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 Flow is enabled on a page?
 * What happens when Flow is 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 Flow conversation
 * Preloading contents on a new Flow conversation


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