This task is about making the Reply Tool available as an opt-out feature at en.wiki on the desktop site.

⚠️ Deployment timing

7 March 2022 during the 14:00–15:00 UTC / 06:00–07:00 PST backport window

Requirements

People who meet the criteria below will see the Reply Tool ( read: [ reply ]) when visiting a talk page:

1. People who are logged in or logged out
2. People accessing en.wiki using the desktop version of the site

People who meet the criteria below will *NOT* see the Reply Tool ( read: [ reply ]) when visiting a talk page:

1. People who have explicitly disabled the setting within

Testing instructions

At the wikis listed in the section below, do the following...

Logged in

1. Log in as an existing user
2. Visit a talk page
3. Verify links are present next to each comment
4. Click a link on the page of your choosing
5. Verify the Reply Tool opens as expected
6. Document the text input mode – or - that you see by default

Logged out

1. Visit a talk page
2. Verify links are present next to each comment
3. Click a link on the page of your choosing
4. Verify the Reply Tool opens as expected
5. Document the text input mode – or - that you see by default

New account

1. Create a new account
2. Visit a talk page
3. Verify links are present next to each comment
4. Click a link on a page of your choosing
5. Verify the Reply Tool opens as expected
6. Document the text input mode – or - that you see by default

Wikis to test

Done

• @ppelberg finalized
• All are met