Flow/Converting talk pages
< Flow
The maintenance/convertNamespaceFromWikitext.php script archives existing Wikitext talk pages and converts them to new Flow boards.
What happens in conversion edit
- "User:Flow talk page manager" moves existing talk page to Talk page name/Archive (/ArchiveN+1 if there are existing archive pages). Talk subpages are only converted if the corresponding non-talk page exists.
- this archive page has a {{Archive for converted wikitext talk page|from=path/to/Flow board|date=2014-12-03}} template that wikis can customize.
- takes the content of the page above the first section and adds it to the Flow board header.
- For usertalkpages, a Notification email will be sent, and yellow bar Echo indicator will display. For enotifwatchlistpages, an email will be sent.
- adds a {{Wikitext talk page converted to Flow|archive=path/Archive 1|date=2014-12-09}} template to the Flow board header, indicating conversion and linking to the archived page.
- wikis can customize this template however they prefer.
Steps on local wiki edit
Recommended steps on the local wiki, with messages localized in local language.
- Create a user page for User:Flow talk page manager explaining its purpose.
- Check if pattern for archived pages defined at MediaWiki:Flow-conversion-archive-page-name-format is appropiate.