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Activation
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On a Wikimedia Foundation hosted wiki
All Wikimedia Foundation hosted wikis can activate Flow: some have Flow on test pages, or available as a Beta feature for all users.

The process to get Flow on a WMF wiki is detailed on the Request page.

On any other wiki
Learn more at Extension:Flow.

As a Beta feature
On some wikis, Flow is available as a Beta feature.

You can activate and deactivate Flow on your talk page by visiting the Beta link on your personal toolbar. You need to have an account and to be logged-in to activate a Beta feature.

When you activate Flow, a bot account named "Flow talk page manager" performs the following tasks:
 * your previous talk page in wikitext is automatically archived in a sub-page;
 * a link to this sub-page is created on Flow board description right bar;
 * all templates at the top of your talk page are reported on the right bar too;
 * a Flow Board is created on your personal talk page.

When you deactivate Flow, "Flow talk page manager" does the following tasks: Flow talk page manager may have a delay to activate Flow. If you don't have Flow on your talk page after some minutes, please report it.
 * a new wikitext talk page is created. This page is blank;
 * Flow Board is archived on a sub-page.

It is not possible to convert a wikitext page to Flow, and vice-versa. This is due to Flow's structure (Board & Topics).

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

Without Beta feature
If your community has a consensus to try Flow, you can request Flow on a page.

Someone from the Wikimedia Foundation will activate manually the Flow talk page manager. The process will be the same as described above.

Have Flow on an other page than a talk page
If your community has a consensus to try Flow on a specific page, you have to request activation.