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How to get Talk Discussion page here at mediawiki

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Ljianyih (talkcontribs)

Hi, We think this mediawiki discussion page is very useful and nice, how can we install the discussion page like this one we're using here which is similar to reddit? (or any other highly recommended discussion plugins used by official mediawiki system)?

We have a mediawiki wiki site and the default discussion page couldn't be used by other users at all. We're not sure how to find any official or good extension to be used on all of our discussion page, and would prefer the official discussion style like this one used by mediawiki.

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Trizek (WMF) (talkcontribs)
Ljianyih (talkcontribs)

Thanks for the reply. We're fairly new to mediawiki and once we saw this we're very excited to install this extension, glad we have finally found it. It seems like it is still under beta, and the page stated it would be great if advise can be obtained before the installation.

We have a fairly new mediawiki site http://list.wiki/ , would it be recommended to install this plugin now with new mediawiki site with version 1.28? Thanks!

Trizek (WMF) (talkcontribs)

That tool stable enough to be used on several Wikimedia wikis, but is still on beta because some little bugs may occur. It is still maintained though so you can use it.

Structured discussions are supported for Mediawiki 1.27+ 1.28 will then work.

Mattflaschen-WMF (talkcontribs)

@Ljianyih First, note that 1.28 is End of Life (not getting security updates) (version lifecycle). So, you should first update to the latest stable version, 1.30 (Manual:Upgrading).

Also, please use matching branches. So, if you're using core 1.28 release (branch), use Structured Discussions (SD) REL1_28. If you're using core 1.30, use SD REL1_30.

If you are using a supported branch, you can simply download the right version of SD from Special:ExtensionDistributor/Flow .

Ljianyih (talkcontribs)

Thanks for the detailed explanation, they help a lot. Just one more question, does installing this extension automatically get enabled in discussion of all pages? We would like to get it enabled automatically in all default discussion page instead of having to insert code manually for each discussion (when click on the default discussion button on top navigation, user can just post directly). Thanks~

Mattflaschen-WMF (talkcontribs)
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