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T267444: Make the affordance(s) for adding a new topic easier to identify and access

• What do you like about the proposed design?
  • It is what it is: Hitting "New section" will pop up an input box at the bottom of the page. I'm fine with that as initial version.
• What do you wish was different in the proposal?
  • In a next version I don't want to hit "New section", as I expect a new section input box to be already present at the bottom of the page.
• Can you compare the designs being proposed here to to the current experience? Can you accomplish your current workflow for adding new discussions with this proposal?
  • I still have to hit a button at the top of the page to add something. The improvement is that it will pop up an input box.
• What other improvements do you think would be valuable for us to consider making to the new tool?
  • Work agile, show the initial version as soon as possible on a test wiki. Having new discussion tool in test on nl.wp might convince people to turn discussion tools from opt in to opt out.

Thanks @Ad Huikeshoven

I totally agree with you that using the navigation isn't the ultimate solution for initiating the workflow here, but I do think that it's essential for evolving the design.

It's great to see your name, @Ad Huikeshoven. Thank you for taking the time to review the designs and share what you think about them. Below is a bit of additional context in response to the feedback you shared.

In a next version I don't want to hit "New section", as I expect a new section input box to be already present at the bottom of the page.

As @JKlein (WMF) mentioned above, we agree with you in thinking the affordance for adding a new topic ought to be made easier to identify and access and it is something we plan to address in a future iteration.

For now, here is a ticket where we will take on this work: T267444.