Forum:New "start a new thread" footer link

Good morning! Ever been frustrated on a talk page that after you've read all through the discussion, reached the end of the page, and wanted to add a new section, you are forced to scroll all the way back up again to do so? Perhaps you did not even know MediaWiki had a built-in function for quickly adding new sections to talk pages? Maybe your wiki wants more control over where new talk sections appear on your wiki?

Well, today we're launching an update to the "add new talk section" function by adding a footer link on all talk pages (in the Monaco skin) to let people quickly add a talk section, which works the same as the "Comment/Add new section" link in the page bar area.

We're also making it possible for a wiki to choose to have new sections appear at the top of the page, just before the first H2 heading on that page (after any untitled intro text if any exists). If you think this is appropriate for your wiki, please put in a request via Special:Contact or post about it below - but please note it's non-standard MediaWiki behaviour, so we would want to know it is something your wiki is 100% comfortable with.

Thanks for your time! 15:12, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Now that's an idea. Will the link appear on pages that have  transcribed on it, like forums and project pages that are utilised for discussion?  Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 15:25, 4 June 2009 (UTC)


 * At the moment only pages marked by MediaWiki as "talk", so that doesn't currently include pages marked with that magic word. It's a good point though, I'll bring it up with the team.
 * The MediaWiki message for the footer link is MediaWiki:Addnewtalksection-link. I've also added a preview above. 16:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)