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DiscussionTools Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	User interfaceCategory:User interface extensions
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.Category:Extensions with release branches compatibility policy
Database changes	Yes
Tables	discussiontools_items discussiontools_item_ids discussiontools_item_pages discussiontools_item_revisions discussiontools_subscription
License	MIT License
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Help	Help:DiscussionTools
Parameters $wgDiscussionToolsReplyIndentation $wgDiscussionToolsBeta $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements $wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksBackend $wgDiscussionToolsEnableThanks $wgDiscussionToolsTimestampFormatSwitchTime $wgDiscussionToolsShowFeedbackLinks $wgDiscussionToolsTalkPageParserCacheExpiry $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_pageframe $wgDiscussionToolsAutoTopicSubEditor $wgDiscussionToolsConflictingGadgetName $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply $wgDiscussionToolsEnablePermalinksFrontend $wgDiscussionTools_visualenhancements_reply_icon_languages
Hooks used ApiMain::moduleManager Category:ApiMain::moduleManager extensions BeforeCreateEchoEvent Category:BeforeCreateEchoEvent extensions BeforeDisplayNoArticleText Category:BeforeDisplayNoArticleText extensions BeforePageDisplay Category:BeforePageDisplay extensions ChangeTagsListActive Category:ChangeTagsListActive extensions DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems Category:DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems extensions EchoGetBundleRules Category:EchoGetBundleRules extensions EchoGetEventsForRevision Category:EchoGetEventsForRevision extensions GetActionName Category:GetActionName extensions GetBetaFeaturePreferences Category:GetBetaFeaturePreferences extensions GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs Category:GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs extensions GetPreferences Category:GetPreferences extensions ListDefinedTags Category:ListDefinedTags extensions LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates Category:LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates extensions OutputPageBeforeHTML Category:OutputPageBeforeHTML extensions OutputPageParserOutput Category:OutputPageParserOutput extensions ParserAfterTidy Category:ParserAfterTidy extensions ParserOutputPostCacheTransform Category:ParserOutputPostCacheTransform extensions RecentChange_save Category:RecentChange save extensions ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars Category:ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars extensions RevisionDataUpdates Category:RevisionDataUpdates extensions SidebarBeforeOutput Category:SidebarBeforeOutput extensions SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal Category:SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal extensions
Hooks provided DiscussionToolsAddOverflowMenuItems DiscussionToolsTermsOfUseMessages
Quarterly downloads	41 (Ranked 75th)
Public wikis using	930 (Ranked 285th)
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The Discussion Tools extension is a set of tools to enhance discussion pages. As of 2024 Category:Pages containing potentially dated statements, it is being built by the Editing team as part of the 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 .

Features

Dependencies

• Extension:VisualEditor
• Extension:Linter
• Extension:Echo (optional). Only required if you want to use the topic subscriptions feature.

Installation

• Install the dependencies.
• 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' );
  

• 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 to html5.
• Configure as required.
• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

API

Special pages

• Special:DiscussionToolsDebug
• Special:FindComment
• Special:GoToComment
• Special:TopicSubscriptions

Integration with other extensions

DiscussionTools can integrate with PlaceNewSection to put the location of where added new topics will begin to be placed.

It can also integrate with AutoModerator to enables community-configured reversion of Machine Language-scored bad edits.

See also

• Extension:DiscussionTools/How it works – technical information

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Debian Category:Extensions available as Debian packages Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze MyWikisCategory:Extensions included in MyWikis WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.