Extension:DiscussionTools

This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.40 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

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DiscussionTools Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Tools to enhance discussion pages
Author(s)	Wikimedia Editing team
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	>= 1.41
Database changes	Yes
Tables	discussiontools_items discussiontools_item_ids discussiontools_item_pages discussiontools_item_revisions discussiontools_subscription
License	MIT License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:DiscussionTools
Parameters $wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation $wgDiscussionToolsABTest $wgDiscussionToolsBeta $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements $wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend $wgDiscussionToolsAutoTopicSubEditor $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_newsectionlink_enable $wgDiscussionToolsTimestampFormatSwitchTime $wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_pageframe $wgDiscussionToolsTalkPageParserCacheExpiry $wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply $wgDiscussionToolsEnableTimestampLinks $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply_icon_languages
Hooks used BeforeCreateEchoEvent BeforeDisplayNoArticleText BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems EchoGetBundleRules EchoGetEventsForRevision GetActionName GetBetaFeaturePreferences GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs GetPreferences ListDefinedTags LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates LocalUserCreated OutputPageBeforeHTML OutputPageParserOutput ParserAfterTidy ParserOutputPostCacheTransform RecentChange_save ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars RevisionDataUpdates SidebarBeforeOutput SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal
Quarterly downloads	115 (Ranked 71st)
Public wikis using	930 (Ranked 285th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Discussion Tools extension is a set of tools to enhance discussion pages. As of 2023, it is being built by the Editing team as part of the talk pages project .

User documentation is at Help:DiscussionTools .

Some features can be disabled on individual pages and sections as described at Help:DiscussionTools/Magic words and markup .

Dependencies

• Extension:VisualEditor (comes with MediaWiki)
• Extension:Linter

Also, Extension:Echo is required if you want to use the topic subscriptions feature.

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 file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'DiscussionTools' );
  

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Also in LocalSettings.php, ensure that you have a timezone set and $wgFragmentMode set in html5.
•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Features

Main page: Talk pages project/Feature summary

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).
$wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend	true	Enable the permalinks backend (Special:GoToComment). See Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works#Permanent links.
$wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation	'invisible'	Reply indentation syntax to use: 'invisible' (use <dl><dd> tags to output : in wikitext) or 'bullet' (use <ul><li> tags to output * in wikitext).
$wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks	false	MW 1.40+ Show "Share feedback about this feature" links in the footer of reply tool and new topic tool.
$wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName	'convenientDiscussions'	Internal name of the Convenient Discussions gadget, which conflicts with the reply tool. Reply tool will be unavailable when the user has this gadget enabled.

Integration with other extensions

DiscussionTools can integrate with PlaceNewsection to put the location of where added new topic will begin to be placed.

See also

• Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works – technical information