Help talk:Discussions

Enabling
How do you enable this? I can't find it on the WikiFeatures page. WolfLord315 (wall) 12:18, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * From the page:
 * This feature or extension is currently under development - it may be in beta testing on specific communities, but may not be widely available for some time.
 * -- Cube - shaped   garbage can  12:56, September 2, 2016 (UTC)


 * Discussions is still in Beta, but you can request it to be enabled for your community if you send us a message via Special:Contact! Mira Laime   (help forum | blog) 17:05, September 2, 2016 (UTC)

Will it be optional?
I really, really hope communities will be able to keep their old Forums because they have a few important features, at least my own does: the ability for anonymous readers to comment because it makes communities more open and it even makes people more willing to join; and the use of wikitext markup, because it's a good way for people to learn how to format pages before putting their hands on the real thing.

We had an external forum and we decided to move it on our wiki also because of those features; it would really be a shame if you'd kill Forums and substite it with Discussions without asking first, because we would be forced to go back to our old external forum.

Please let communities opt-out of this.


 * Hi Wedhro,


 * Discussions is optional at the moment - communities can request to have it enabled, but won't have it turned on automatically. However, all current wiki forums will migrate over to Discussions eventually.


 * See also this section from the Discussions FAQ:
 * Can my community ask to turn off Discussions if we try it and don't like it?


 * The answer can vary depending on the situation. If Discussions is causing problems or not meeting your community's needs or expectations, we want to hear more. Development of Discussions is ongoing and we may have an update coming soon that will address the concerns. Please note that Discussions is intended to become a standard feature on Wikia, and any community that has the current Forum feature will eventually have Discussions since the content will be migrated over.


 * Mira Laime   (help forum | blog) 00:56, September 9, 2016 (UTC)

Speaking of Forum, it is also handy for play-by-post text roleplay wiki sites, and the use of Discussion reply tree or like/disliknig wouldn't fit the flow for RPs.

Mhazard (talk) 07:52, September 10, 2016 (UTC)