Extension:DiscussionTools/Comparison
Various extensions and tools have emerged over the years to improve the support MediaWiki offers people to communicate with one another on-wiki: Structured Discussions (Flow), LiquidThreads , DiscussionTools and Convenient Discussions.
This page offers an overview of these various extensions and how the features they offer compare to one another.
Comparative Review
[edit]Main characteristics
[edit]Status of each tool, and their integration to the wiki's key features.
LiquidThreads | Structured Discussions | DiscussionTools | Convenient Discussions | |
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Type of tool | MediaWiki extension | Gadget/Userscript based on DiscussionTools | ||
Release status | Unmaintained | Maintained (Wikimedia Foundation) | Maintained (Volunteers) | |
Activation | Pending removal[1] | Wiki opt-in, user configurable | User opt-in and configurable | |
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Backwards-compatibility with wikitext | ![]() |
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Templates support | ![]() |
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Full history integration with the rest of the wiki | ![]() |
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Permalink to a given comment | ![]() |
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Discussion features
[edit]Interaction with talk pages and other comments.
LiquidThreads | Structured Discussions | DiscussionTools | Convenient Discussions | |
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Dedicated workflow for starting a new topic | ![]() |
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Topic and contents preload | ![]() |
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Indication of new comments when you read a topic | ![]() |
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Indication of edited comments when you read a topic | ![]() |
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Each topic is a different pages/each conversation has a permalink | ![]() |
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Move topics between pages | ![]() |
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Include discussions on another page and reply to them there | ![]() |
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Editing comments | ![]() |
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Thank a comment from within the talk page | ![]() |
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Sort topics by recent comment | ![]() |
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Sort topics by start date | ![]() |
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Summarize a discussion at the top of it | ![]() |
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Mark a message as read or unread | ![]() |
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Show/hide (collapse) subthreads | ![]() |
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Notifications and interactivity
[edit]LiquidThreads | Structured Discussions | DiscussionTools | Convenient Discussions | |
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Highlight a set of unread comments | ![]() |
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Subscribe to be notified about new comments to a topic | ![]() |
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Be notified when a new topic is started on a talk page | ||||
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Highlight a quoted comment | ![]() |
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Notification of edited comments | ![]() |
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Maintenance and moderation
[edit]LiquidThreads | Structured Discussions | DiscussionTools | Convenient Discussions | |
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Direct access to user talkpage, contribs and more | ![]() |
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Hide (moderate) a comment | ![]() |
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Hide or delete a topic | ![]() |
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Archiving discussions | ![]() |
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Report an inappropriate comment | ![]() |
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References
[edit]- ↑ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Support for offering permanent links to talk page comments and topics is being worked on. Links to comments already exist but aren't permanent without Help:PermanentLink . See T302011. While DiscussionTools doesn't have a UI for acquiring links, Convenient Discussions does and can automatically generate PermanentLinks.
- ↑ T339247 – Create entry points for the Incident Report dialog with DiscussionTools