Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison/pl

Various extensions and tools have emerged over the years to improve the support MediaWiki offers people to communicate with one another on-wiki: Structured Discussions (Flow), LiquidThreads , Narzędzia dyskusji and Convenient Discussions.

This page offers an overview of these various extensions and how the features they offer compare to one another.

Comparative Review

Main characteristics

Status of each tool, and their integration to the wiki's key features.

	LiquidThreads	Structured Discussions	Narzędzia dyskusji	Convenient Discussions
Type of tool	MediaWiki extension			Gadget/Userscript based on DiscussionTools
Release status	Unmaintained		Maintained (Wikimedia Foundation)	Maintained (Volunteers)
Activation	Pending removal		Deployed on all wikis as the default discussion system. User configurable (including opting-out).	User opt-in and configurable
Visual editing	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Backwards-compatibility with wikitext	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione
Templates support	Zrobione	Zrobione	Partially done – Tables, templates and parser tags aren't allowed in replies in visual mode	Zrobione
Full history integration with the rest of the wiki	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione
Mobile web support	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Mobile app support	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Permalink to a given comment	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione – if the signature of the comment is not altered.	W trakcie

Discussion features

Interaction with talk pages and other comments.

	LiquidThreads	Structured Discussions	Narzędzia dyskusji	Convenient Discussions
Dedicated workflow for starting a new topic	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione
Topic and contents preload	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione
Indication of new comments when you read a topic	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione
Indication of edited comments when you read a topic	Zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione
Each conversation has a permalink	Zrobione	Zrobione – Each topic is a different page.	Zrobione – By linking to the title, or by using the first comment's permalink.	W trakcie
Move topics between pages	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione – planned but not implemented	Zrobione – via wikitext editing; title and signature mustn't be altered during the move.	Zrobione
Include discussions on another page and reply to them there	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione – planned, including cross-wiki transclusion , but not implemented	Zrobione – via transclusion
Editing comments	Zrobione	Zrobione	Partially done – via wikitext editing the whole page or section. See T242562 and T245225 for the editing of individual comments.	Zrobione
Thank a comment from within the talk page	Partially done – via Page history	Zrobione	Partially done – via Thanks in Page history. W trakcie – Work on supporting "Thanking" from the DiscussionTools UI is being tracked.	Zrobione
Sort topics by recent comment	Zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Sort topics by start date	Zrobione	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Summarize a discussion at the top of it	Zrobione	Zrobione	Partially done – by editing opening comment.
Mark a message as read or unread	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione
Show/hide (collapse) subthreads	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione

Notifications and interactivity

	LiquidThreads	Structured Discussions	Narzędzia dyskusji	Convenient Discussions
Highlight a set of unread comments	N Nie zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione – only when subscribed to a topic and using links from notifications	Zrobione
Subscribe to be notified about new comments to a topic	Zrobione – via Watchlist	Zrobione – via Echo		Zrobione – via Echo or itself
Be notified when a new topic is started on a talk page
Auto-subscription to a topic you created	Zrobione – default
Highlight a quoted comment	N Nie zrobione – can link to comments but only as standalone pages	Zrobione	Zrobione	Zrobione
Notification of edited comments	Partially done – only on your own comments	Zrobione	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione

Maintenance and moderation

	LiquidThreads	Structured Discussions	Narzędzia dyskusji	Convenient Discussions
Direct access to user talkpage, contribs and more	Partially done – if linked in the signature	Zrobione	Partially done – if linked in the signature
Hide (moderate) a comment	Partially done – no undelete UI	Zrobione	Partially done – via undo/rollback (requires searching for edit in edit history) or archival templates, not included and requires editing wikitext	Zrobione
Hide or delete a topic		Zrobione		Partially done – same as DiscussionTools
Archiving discussions	Not needed	Not needed	N Nie zrobione – see T337293 Requires 3rd party bots for automatic archival Requires wikitext editing or 3rd party gadgets for manual archival	N Nie zrobione – Same as DiscussionTools, though moving topics can be used for manual archival.
Report an inappropriate comment	N Nie zrobione	N Nie zrobione	W trakcie	N Nie zrobione