Extension:DiscussionTools

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DiscussionTools Release status: beta
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 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).