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

 * 1) Visit this test wiki:
 * 2) Log in to the wiki.  You can use one of these accounts.  The password for these accounts is
 * 3) Visit this article talk page or this user talk page.
 * 4) Try to find the discussion that has been edited most recently.
 * 5) Try to find the discussion that has the most people participating in it.
 * 6) Try to 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 will be 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.
 * 1) Subscribe to the discussion, so that you will be notified when new comments are posted in it.
 * 2) Post a reply in the discussion.
 * 3) Edit the reply you posted.
 * 4) ✅ That is it!  You are now ready to share your feedback.

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


 * 1) Go to [ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Talk_pages_project/Usability/Prototype/Topic_Containers?uselang=ar the talk page].
 * 2) Click the   textbox.
 * 3) Type
 * 4) Write answers to these questions.  You can write in your language.
 * 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: Can you imagine this design not working on some pages? If you can, please share links to these pages.  It would be very helpful.
 * 10) Click the blue "" button.
 * 11) ✅ You are done!