Extension:DiscussionTools

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DiscussionTools Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface
Description	Tools to enhance discussion pages
Author(s)	Wikimedia Editing team
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	release branches
MediaWiki	1.35+
License	MIT License
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Parameters $wgDiscussionToolsBeta $wgDiscussionToolsEnable $wgDTSchemaEditAttemptStepSamplingRate $wgDTSchemaEditAttemptStepOversample $wgDiscussionToolsEnable2017Wikitext
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive GetBetaFeaturePreferences GetPreferences ListDefinedTags OutputPageBeforeHTML RecentChange_save ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars
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The Discussion Tools extension is a forthcoming set of tools to enhance discussion pages. As of 2020, it is being built by the Editing team as part of the talk pages project .

User documentation is at Help:DiscussionTools .

Dependencies

• Extension:VisualEditor
• Extension:Linter

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called DiscussionTools in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

  wfLoadExtension( 'DiscussionTools' );
  

• Also in LocalSettings.php, ensure that you have a timezone set.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Features

Reply tool

The reply shows a link after every comment on talk pages, namespaces listed in $wgExtraSignatureNamespaces, and pages with the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. You can follow development on the tool on the talk pages project page.

Configuration

Setting name	Default value	Description
$wgDiscussionToolsEnable	true	Enable DiscussionTools on talk pages.
$wgDiscussionToolsBeta	false	Make DiscussionTools a beta feature .
$wgDiscussionToolsEnable2017Wikitext	false	Enable the 2017 wikitext editor for wikitext replies (not yet supported).