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However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651102">.mw-parser-output .infobox{box-sizing:border-box;border:2px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);width:280px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;background-color:white;color:#333;clear:right;float:right;margin:0 0 0.5em 0.5em}.mw-parser-output .infobox-rtl{clear:left;float:left;margin:0 0.5em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .infobox th{text-align:left;padding:0.2em 0.5em;vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .infobox-rtl th{text-align:right}@media(max-width:719px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .infobox{float:none;clear:both;width:100%;margin:0 0 .5em 0}}.mw-parser-output .infobox td{border:none;padding:0.2em 0.5em;vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .infobox-header{background-color:#a2a9b1;color:#FFF;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .infobox-header a{color:#FFF}.mw-parser-output .infobox-header td,.mw-parser-output .infobox-header th{padding:0.5em 0.5em}.mw-parser-output .infobox-header img{padding:0 0.2em 0 0.5em}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox{background-color:inherit;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox{background-color:inherit;color:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r5577029">.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox>tbody>tr>td:first-child{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox>tbody>tr>td abbr{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox .mw-collapsible-header,.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox .mw-collapsible-toggle{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox .mw-collapsible-content{margin-top:.2em;padding-top:.2em}.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox-header>th,.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox caption,.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox-image,.mw-parser-output .ext-infobox-translate{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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.ext-status-stable,.mw-parser-output .ext-status-stable td{border-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .ext-status-stable .ext-infobox-header{background-color:#068468;color:#FFF}.mw-parser-output .ext-status-stable .ext-infobox-header a{color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .ext-status-unmaintained,.mw-parser-output .ext-status-unmaintained td{border-color:#ac6600}.mw-parser-output .ext-status-unmaintained .ext-infobox-header{background-color:#ac6600;color:#FFF}.mw-parser-output .ext-status-unmaintained .ext-infobox-header a{color:#fff}</style> <table class="infobox infobox-ltr ext-infobox ext-status-stable"> <caption><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Extensions">MediaWiki extensions manual</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Extensions" title="Manual:Extensions"> </a></span></b></caption> <tbody><tr class="infobox-header ext-infobox-header notheme"> <th colspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#Content" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg/40px-OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg/60px-OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg/80px-OOjs_UI_icon_advanced-invert.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <span class="ext-infobox-name">DiscussionTools</span><br /> <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension_status" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension status">Release status:</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension_status" title="Extension status"> </a></span> stable</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="ext-infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png/300px-DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png/450px-DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png/600px-DiscussionTools_reply_widget_example_2020-04-02.png 2x" data-file-width="926" data-file-height="486" /></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ext-infobox-type"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#type" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Implementation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#type" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td>User interface </td></tr><tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#description" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Description</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#description" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td>Tools to enhance discussion pages</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#username" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Author(s)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#username" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td>Wikimedia <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Editing_team" title="Special:MyLanguage/Editing team">Editing team</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#version" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Latest version</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#version" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td>continuous updates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility#mediawiki_extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Compatibility">Compatibility policy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Compatibility#mediawiki_extensions" title="Compatibility"> </a></span></b></td> <td>Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#mediawiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension"><b>MediaWiki</b></a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#mediawiki" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></td> <td>>= 1.43.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#needs-updatephp" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension"><abbr title="'php update.php' needed after installation"><b>Database changes</b></abbr></a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#needs-updatephp" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></td> <td>Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#table1" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Tables</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#table1" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_items_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools items table">discussiontools_items</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_items_table" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools items table"> </a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_ids_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item ids table">discussiontools_item_ids</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_ids_table" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item ids table"> </a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_pages_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item pages table">discussiontools_item_pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_pages_table" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item pages table"> </a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_revisions_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item revisions table">discussiontools_item_revisions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_item_revisions_table" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools item revisions table"> </a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_subscription_table" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools subscription table">discussiontools_subscription</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools_subscription_table" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/discussiontools subscription table"> </a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#license" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">License</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#license" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT License</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><b>Download</b></td> <td><div class="plainlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/DiscussionTools" title="Special:ExtensionDistributor/DiscussionTools"><b>Download extension</b></a> <br />Git <sup>[<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download_from_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git">?</a>]</sup>: <ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DiscussionTools/archive/master.tar.gz">Download Git master</a></span></li> <li><a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools" class="extiw" title="git:mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools">browse repository</a> (<a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/EDTO" class="extiw" title="phab:diffusion/EDTO">Phabricator</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DiscussionTools">GitHub</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools/%2Blog/master" class="extiw" title="git:mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools/+log/master">commit history</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-DiscussionTools/graphs/contributors">repository contributors (GitHub)</a></li> <li><a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/project:mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools" class="extiw" title="gerrit:q/project:mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools">code review</a></li></ul></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#help" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Help</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#help" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools">Help:DiscussionTools</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:DiscussionTools" title="Help:DiscussionTools"> </a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" colspan="2"> <div class="mw-collapsible-header"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#parameters" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Parameters</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#parameters" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span class="configvariable" title="Reply indentation syntax to use: 'invisible' (use `<dl><dd>` tags to output `:` in wikitext) or 'bullet' (use `<ul><li>` tags to output `*` in wikitext).">$wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Make DiscussionTools a BetaFeature.">$wgDiscussionToolsBeta</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Override availability of DiscussionTools visual enhancements. 'default', 'available', or 'unavailable'.">$wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Enable the permalinks backend. Do not enable this unless the database tables exist.">$wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Show a button to thank individual comments. Requires the 'Thanks' extension.">$wgDiscussionToolsEnableThanks</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Date on which the internal timestamp format has changed (T304595), in ISO 8601 format.">$wgDiscussionToolsTimestampFormatSwitchTime</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Show 'Share feedback...' links in the footer of reply tool and new topic tool.">$wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Override $wgParserCacheExpireTime for discussion pages, regardless of DiscussionTools enablement.">$wgDiscussionToolsTalkPageParserCacheExpiry</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Override availability of DiscussionTools visual enhancements's page frame sub-feature. 'default', 'available', or 'unavailable'.">$wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_pageframe</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Editor which triggers automatic topic subscriptions. Either 'discussiontoolsapi' for edits made using DiscussionTools' API (e.g. reply and new topic tools), or 'any' for any editor.">$wgDiscussionToolsAutoTopicSubEditor</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="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.">$wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Override availability of DiscussionTools visual enhancements's reply buttons sub-feature. 'default', 'available', or 'unavailable'.">$wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="Enable permalinks frontend features: 1. Convert signature timestamps to comment links. 2. Show notification when the target comment is found on another page.">$wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksFrontend</span></li> <li><span class="configvariable" title="A dictionary of language codes which will receive an icon in their enhanced reply-button treatment, due to translation being very short (T323537). Language fallbacks will be checked unless a language is explicitly set to `false` (T352289). Normalized language codes are lower case.">$wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply_icon_languages</span></li></ul></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" colspan="2"> <div class="mw-collapsible-header"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#hook" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Hooks used</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#hook" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6219282">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none none;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist mw-collapsible-content"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ApiMain::moduleManager" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ApiMain::moduleManager">ApiMain::moduleManager</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ApiMain::moduleManager" title="Manual:Hooks/ApiMain::moduleManager"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforeCreateEchoEvent" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforeCreateEchoEvent">BeforeCreateEchoEvent</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/BeforeCreateEchoEvent" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hooks/BeforeCreateEchoEvent"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforeDisplayNoArticleText" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforeDisplayNoArticleText">BeforeDisplayNoArticleText</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/BeforeDisplayNoArticleText" title="Manual:Hooks/BeforeDisplayNoArticleText"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay">BeforePageDisplay</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay" title="Manual:Hooks/BeforePageDisplay"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ChangeTagsListActive" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ChangeTagsListActive">ChangeTagsListActive</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ChangeTagsListActive" title="Manual:Hooks/ChangeTagsListActive"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems">DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetBundleRules" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetBundleRules">EchoGetBundleRules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetBundleRules" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hooks/EchoGetBundleRules"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetEventsForRevision" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetEventsForRevision">EchoGetEventsForRevision</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/EchoGetEventsForRevision" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hooks/EchoGetEventsForRevision"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetActionName" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetActionName">GetActionName</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/GetActionName" title="Manual:Hooks/GetActionName"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetBetaFeaturePreferences" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetBetaFeaturePreferences">GetBetaFeaturePreferences</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/GetBetaFeaturePreferences" class="mw-redirect" title="Manual:Hooks/GetBetaFeaturePreferences"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs">GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs" title="Manual:Hooks/GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetPreferences" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/GetPreferences">GetPreferences</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/GetPreferences" title="Manual:Hooks/GetPreferences"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ListDefinedTags" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ListDefinedTags">ListDefinedTags</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ListDefinedTags" title="Manual:Hooks/ListDefinedTags"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates">LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates" title="Manual:Hooks/LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageBeforeHTML" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageBeforeHTML">OutputPageBeforeHTML</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageBeforeHTML" title="Manual:Hooks/OutputPageBeforeHTML"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageParserOutput" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageParserOutput">OutputPageParserOutput</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/OutputPageParserOutput" title="Manual:Hooks/OutputPageParserOutput"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ParserAfterTidy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ParserAfterTidy">ParserAfterTidy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ParserAfterTidy" title="Manual:Hooks/ParserAfterTidy"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ParserOutputPostCacheTransform" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ParserOutputPostCacheTransform">ParserOutputPostCacheTransform</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ParserOutputPostCacheTransform" title="Manual:Hooks/ParserOutputPostCacheTransform"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/RecentChange_save" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/RecentChange save">RecentChange_save</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/RecentChange_save" title="Manual:Hooks/RecentChange save"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars">ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars" title="Manual:Hooks/ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/RevisionDataUpdates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/RevisionDataUpdates">RevisionDataUpdates</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/RevisionDataUpdates" title="Manual:Hooks/RevisionDataUpdates"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SidebarBeforeOutput" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SidebarBeforeOutput">SidebarBeforeOutput</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/SidebarBeforeOutput" title="Manual:Hooks/SidebarBeforeOutput"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal">SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal" title="Manual:Hooks/SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal"> </a></span></li></ul></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" colspan="2"> <div class="mw-collapsible-header"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension#newhook" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Extension">Hooks provided</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Template:Extension#newhook" title="Template:Extension"> </a></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6219282"><div class="plainlist mw-collapsible-content"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems">DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems"> </a></span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages">DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/Hooks/DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages"> </a></span></li></ul></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td title="This only includes downloads from Special:ExtensionDistributor. Other download methods such as git or bundled extensions are not included."><b>Quarterly downloads</b></td> <td>68 (Ranked 73<sup>rd</sup>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td title=""><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools"><b>Public wikis using</b></a></td> <td>930 (Ranked 285<sup>th</sup>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="ext-infobox-translate"> <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/ext-discussiontools" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-discussiontools">Translate the DiscussionTools extension</a></td> </tr><tr class="mw-empty-elt"> </tr> <tr> <td> <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator">Issues</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Phabricator" title="Phabricator"> </a></span></b></td> <td><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/discussiontools" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/discussiontools">Open tasks</a> · <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=DiscussionTools">Report a bug</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>Discussion Tools</b> extension is a set of tools to enhance discussion pages. As of 2024, it is being built by the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Editing_team" title="Special:MyLanguage/Editing team">Editing team</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project" title="Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project">talk pages project</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Talk_pages_project" title="Talk pages project"> </a></span>. </p><p>User documentation is at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools">Help:DiscussionTools</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:DiscussionTools" title="Help:DiscussionTools"> </a></span>. </p><p>Some features can be disabled on individual pages and sections as described at <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools/Magic_words_and_markup" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:DiscussionTools/Magic words and markup">Help:DiscussionTools/Magic words and markup</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:DiscussionTools/Magic_words_and_markup" title="Help:DiscussionTools/Magic words and markup"> </a></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6353907">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic;padding-bottom:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.4em;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc}.mw-parser-output .hatnote.no-border{border-bottom:none}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary" title="Special:MyLanguage/Talk pages project/Feature summary">Talk pages project/Feature summary</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Feature_summary" title="Talk pages project/Feature summary"> </a></span> and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison">Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison"> </a></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dependencies">Dependencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dependencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:VisualEditor" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:VisualEditor">Extension:VisualEditor</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor" title="Extension:VisualEditor"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Linter" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Linter">Extension:Linter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Linter" title="Extension:Linter"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Echo" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Echo">Extension:Echo</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Echo" title="Extension:Echo"> </a></span> (optional). Only required if you want to use the topic subscriptions feature.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Installation">Installation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Installation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="#Dependencies">Install the dependencies</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/DiscussionTools" title="Special:ExtensionDistributor/DiscussionTools">Download</a> and move the extracted <code>DiscussionTools</code> folder to your <code>extensions/</code> directory.<br />Developers and code contributors should install the extension <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Download_from_Git" title="Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git">from Git</a> instead, using:<code class="mw-code mw-highlight" style="display:block">cd extensions/<br />git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools</code></li> <li>Add the following code at the bottom of your <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:LocalSettings.php">LocalSettings.php</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:LocalSettings.php" title="Manual:LocalSettings.php"> </a></span> file: <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">wfLoadExtension</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s1">'DiscussionTools'</span> <span class="p">);</span> </pre></div></li> <li>Run the <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php">update script</a></b> which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</li> <li>Also in LocalSettings.php, ensure that you have a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Timezone" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Timezone">timezone</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Timezone" title="Manual:Timezone"> </a></span> set and <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFragmentMode" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:$wgFragmentMode">$wgFragmentMode</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:$wgFragmentMode" title="Manual:$wgFragmentMode"> </a></span> set in html5.</li> <li><a href="#Configuration">Configure as required.</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_check-constructive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span> <b>Done</b> – Navigate to <a href="/wiki/Special:Version" title="Special:Version">Special:Version</a> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Configuration">Configuration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Configuration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Setting name </th> <th>Default value </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsEnable</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="k">true</span></code> </td> <td>Enable DiscussionTools on talk pages. </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsBeta</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="k">false</span></code> </td> <td>Make DiscussionTools a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Beta_Features" title="Special:MyLanguage/Beta Features">beta feature</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Features" title="Beta Features"> </a></span>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsEnable2017Wikitext</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="k">false</span></code> </td> <td>Enable the 2017 wikitext editor for wikitext replies (not yet supported). </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="k">true</span></code> </td> <td>Enable the permalinks backend (Special:GoToComment). See <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/How_it_works#Permanent_links" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works">Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works#Permanent links</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="s1">'invisible'</span></code> </td> <td>Reply indentation syntax to use: <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="s1">'invisible'</span></code> (use <code><dl><dd></code> tags to output <code>:</code> in wikitext) or <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="s1">'bullet'</span></code> (use <code><ul><li></code> tags to output <code>*</code> in wikitext). </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="k">false</span></code> </td> <td><span style="display: inline-block; border: 1px solid var( --border-color-notice, #54595d ); background-color: var( --background-color-interactive, #eaecf0 ); color: var( --color-base, #202122 ); padding: 1px 4px; margin: 0 4px; white-space:nowrap;">MW 1.40+</span> Show "<i>Share feedback about this feature</i>" links in the footer of reply tool and new topic tool. </td></tr> <tr> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="nv">$wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName</span></code> </td> <td><code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" style="" dir="ltr"><span class="s1">'convenientDiscussions'</span></code> </td> <td>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. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="API">API</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: API"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Editing">Editing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Action </th> <th>Human readable </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Internal? </th></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolscompare </td> <td>compare </td> <td>Get information about comment changes between two page revisions. </td> <td>internal </td></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolsedit </td> <td>edit </td> <td>Post a message on a discussion page. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolsfindcomment </td> <td>find comment </td> <td>Find a comment by its ID or name. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolspageinfo </td> <td>page info </td> <td>Returns metadata required to initialize the discussion tools. </td> <td>internal </td></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolspreview </td> <td>preview </td> <td>Preview a message on a discussion page. </td> <td>internal </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subscriptions">Subscriptions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Subscriptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Action </th> <th>Human readable </th> <th>Description </th> <th>Internal? </th></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolsgetsubscriptions </td> <td>get subscriptions </td> <td>Get the subscription statuses of given topics. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>discussiontoolssubscribe </td> <td>subscribe </td> <td>Subscribe (or unsubscribe) to receive notifications about a topic. </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_pages">Special pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Special pages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:DiscussionToolsDebug" title="Special:DiscussionToolsDebug">Special:DiscussionToolsDebug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:FindComment" title="Special:FindComment">Special:FindComment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:GoToComment" title="Special:GoToComment">Special:GoToComment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:TopicSubscriptions" title="Special:TopicSubscriptions">Special:TopicSubscriptions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Integration_with_other_extensions">Integration with other extensions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Integration with other extensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>DiscussionTools can integrate with <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:PlaceNewSection" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:PlaceNewSection">PlaceNewSection</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:PlaceNewSection" title="Extension:PlaceNewSection"> </a></span> to put the location of where added new topics will begin to be placed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extension:DiscussionTools&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/How_it_works" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works">Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:DiscussionTools/How_it_works" title="Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works"> </a></span> – technical information</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651108">.mw-parser-output table.ombox{margin:4px 10%;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ombox td.mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox th.mbox-text,.mw-parser-output .ombox 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