This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.40 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

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DiscussionTools
Release status: stable
Implementation User interface
Description Tools to enhance discussion pages
Author(s) Wikimedia Editing team
Latest version continuous updates
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki >= 1.41.0
Database changes Yes
Tables discussiontools_subscription
License MIT License
Download
Help Help:DiscussionTools
Parameters
  • $wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation
  • $wgDiscussionToolsABTest
  • $wgDiscussionToolsBeta
  • $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements
  • $wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend
  • $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_newsectionlink_enable
  • $wgDiscussionToolsTalkPageParserCacheExpiry
  • $wgDiscussionToolsTimestampFormatSwitchTime
  • $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_pageframe
  • $wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks
  • $wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName
  • $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply
  • $wgDiscussionToolsAutoTopicSubEditor
  • $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply_icon_languages
Hooks used
  • BeforeCreateEchoEvent
  • BeforeDisplayNoArticleText
  • BeforePageDisplay
  • ChangeTagsListActive
  • EchoGetBundleRules
  • EchoGetEventsForRevision
  • GetActionName
  • GetBetaFeaturePreferences
  • GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs
  • GetPreferences
  • ListDefinedTags
  • LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates
  • LocalUserCreated
  • OutputPageBeforeHTML
  • OutputPageParserOutput
  • ParserAfterTidy
  • RecentChange_save
  • ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars
  • RevisionDataUpdates
  • SidebarBeforeOutput
  • SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal
Quarterly downloads 144 (Ranked 66th)
Public wikis using 930 (Ranked 285th)
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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 {{ll|Talk pages project|talk pages project}}.

User documentation is at Help:DiscussionTools.

Some features can be disabled on individual pages and sections as described at Help:DiscussionTools/Magic words and markup.

Dependencies

  • Extension:VisualEditor (comes with MediaWiki)
  • Extension:Linter

Also, Extension:Echo is required if you want to use the topic subscriptions feature.

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 file: 
    wfLoadExtension( 'DiscussionTools' );
  • Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
  • Also in LocalSettings.php, ensure that you have a timezone set and $wgFragmentMode set in html5.
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Features

Configuration

Setting name Default value Description
$wgDiscussionToolsEnable true Enable DiscussionTools on talk pages.
$wgDiscussionToolsBeta false Beta Features|beta feature}}.
$wgDiscussionToolsEnable2017Wikitext false Enable the 2017 wikitext editor for wikitext replies (not yet supported).
$wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend true Enable the permalinks backend (Special:GoToComment). See Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works#Permanent links.
$wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation 'invisible' Reply indentation syntax to use: 'invisible' (use <dl><dd> tags to output : in wikitext) or 'bullet' (use <ul><li> tags to output * in wikitext).
$wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks false MW 1.40+ Show "Share feedback about this feature" links in the footer of reply tool and new topic tool.
$wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName 'convenientDiscussions' Internal name of the Convenient Discussions gadget, which conflicts with the reply tool. Reply tool will be unavailable when the user has this gadget enabled.

Integration with other extensions

DiscussionTools can integrate with PlaceNewsection for to put the location of where added new topic will begin to be placed.

See also

  • Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works – technical information
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