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	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.35+
Database changes	Yes
Tables	discussiontools_subscription
License	MIT License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:DiscussionTools
Parameters $wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation $wgDiscussionToolsABTest $wgDiscussionToolsBeta $wgDiscussionTools_autotopicsub $wgDTSchemaEditAttemptStepOversample $wgDiscussionTools_sourcemodetoolbar $wgDiscussionToolsAutoTopicSubEditor $wgDiscussionTools_topicsubscription $wgDiscussionToolsTalkPageParserCacheExpiry $wgDiscussionToolsEnable $wgDTSchemaEditAttemptStepSamplingRate $wgDiscussionTools_newtopictool $wgDiscussionTools_replytool $wgDiscussionToolsEnableMobile
Hooks used ArticleViewHeader BeforeCreateEchoEvent BeforeDisplayNoArticleText BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive EchoGetBundleRules EchoGetEventsForRevision GetActionName GetBetaFeaturePreferences GetPreferences ListDefinedTags LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates LocalUserCreated MinervaNeueTalkPageOverlay OutputPageBeforeHTML ParserAfterTidy RecentChange_save ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars TitleGetEditNotices
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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

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:

  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

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.

Section subscriptions

See also: Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works#Subscribing

In talk and project namespaces, DiscussionTools will insert a "subscribe" link next to headings of level 2 sections that contain recognized comments. Clicking on it will cause a notice to be generated whenever someone replies in that section.

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).

Integration with other extensions

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

See also

• Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works – technical information