Extension:DiscussionTools

MediaWiki extensions manual

DiscussionTools Release status: beta
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	1.34+
Database changes	No
Parameters $wgDiscussionToolsEnable $wgDiscussionToolsBeta $wgDiscussionToolsUseVisualEditor
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay GetBetaFeaturePreferences ListDefinedTags ChangeTagsListActive RecentChange_save
Licence	MIT License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball README.md
Help	Help:Extension:DiscussionTools
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Discussion Tools extension is a forthcoming set of tools to enhance discussion pages. It is being built by the Editing team as part of the On-wiki collaboration project.

Dependencies

• Extension:VisualEditor

Installation

• Download and move the extracted DiscussionTools folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cd extensions/
  git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'DiscussionTools' );
  

• Also in LocalSettings.php, ensure that you have a timezone set.
• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

Setting name	Default value	Description
$wgDiscussionToolsEnable	true	Enable DiscussionTools on talk pages.
$wgDiscussionToolsBeta	false	Make DiscussionTools a BetaFeature.
$wgDiscussionToolsUseVisualEditor	false	Use VisualEditor for editing replies (both visual and wikitext).