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Installation

Reminder: Structured Discussions were formerly called "Flow". Some tools and processes may have kept the old name.

Wikimedia Foundation wikis

Structured Discussions is only enabled on some Wikimedia wikis. Some of those wikis have it available as a Beta feature for all users. It will not be installed on any more Wikimedia wikis.

Other wikis

You will need to install the StructuredDiscussions extension on your wiki.

Learn more at Extension:StructuredDiscussions

Activation

Sysops on wikis that have Structured Discussions installed have the right to create, move and delete Structured Discussions boards.

To activate flow, go to Special:EnableStructuredDiscussions on your wiki. Type the name of the page on the first form. The second textarea allows you to pre-fill the Board Description.

This performs the following tasks:

archives the talk page in wikitext in a sub-page;
Creates a new Structured Discussions Board replacing the talk page.
creates a link to the archive sub-page on Structured Discussions Board's description (the bar on the right side);

It is not possible to convert a wikitext page content to Structured Discussions. This is due to Structured Discussions's structure (a Board with Topics).

Page moves are done like any other page.

Deletion of a Structured Discussion Board is done like any other page. However, if you want to archive the Board, move it to a sub-page instead.

Deactivation

On some wikis there was previously a Beta feature that allowed users to enable Structured Discussions on their talk page. This Beta feature is no longer supported, but users who once had it enabled can deactivate it.

If they do, "Flow talk page manager" does the following tasks:

unarchives their former wikitext talk page
archives the Structured Discussions Board on a sub-page. This archived page is at the following address: User talk:USERNAME/Structured_Discussions_Archive_1 .

To deactivate a Structured Discussions Board on any other page, move the page to an archive sub-page, then re-create a wikitext discussion page under the original title.

A maintenance script exists that copies the content of a Structured Discussions board to a wikitext page.

If you need any assistance when deactivating your page, please contact us.

Probably in 2024, all Structured Discussions pages will be deactivated and converted.

Rename, delete, restore

If you want to rename, delete or restore a Structured Discussions board, please see the Administration page.

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-{{TNT|PD Help Page}}
+{{PD Help Page}}
-{{TNT|Flow Navigation}}
+{{Structured Discussions Navigation}}
 </noinclude>
-== <translate>Activation</translate> ==
-=== <translate>How to activate Flow?</translate> ===
+{{notice|1=<translate><!--T:59--> Structured Discussions are considered as obsolete, and [[<tvar name="1">mw:Structured Discussions/Deprecation</tvar>|will be removed from the wikis]]. Communities are encouraged to stop creating new pages using Structured Discussions.</translate>}}
-==== <translate>On a Wikimedia Foundation hosted wiki</translate> ====
+<translate>
-<translate>All Wikimedia Foundation hosted wikis can activate Flow: some have Flow on test pages, or available as a Beta feature for all users.</translate>
+== Installation == <!--T:57-->
+<!--T:43-->
-<translate>The process to get Flow on a WMF wiki is detailed [[Flow/Request Flow on a page|on the Request page]].</translate>
+Reminder: Structured Discussions were formerly called "Flow". Some tools and processes may have kept the old name.
+=== Wikimedia Foundation wikis === <!--T:50-->
-==== <translate>On any other wiki</translate> ====
-<translate>Learn more at [[Extension:Flow]].</translate>
+</translate>
+<translate><!--T:54--> Structured Discussions is only enabled on [[<tvar name=1>Structured Discussions/Wikis</tvar>|some Wikimedia wikis]].</translate>
+<translate><!--T:55--> Some of those wikis have it available as a Beta feature for all users.</translate>
+<translate><!--T:56--> [[<tvar name=1>m:Special:MyLanguage/Limits to configuration changes#forbidden-extensions</tvar>|It will not be installed on any more Wikimedia wikis]].</translate>
+<translate>
-=== <translate>Get Flow on your personal talk page</translate> ===
+=== Other wikis === <!--T:51-->
+<!--T:7-->
-==== <translate>As a Beta feature</translate> ====
+You will need to install the StructuredDiscussions extension on your wiki.
-<translate>[[Flow/Rollout|On some wikis]], Flow is available as a Beta feature. </translate>
+<!--T:33-->
-<translate>You can activate and deactivate Flow on your talk page by visiting the Beta link on your personal toolbar. You need to have an account and to be logged-in to activate a Beta feature.</translate>
+Learn more at <tvar name=1>{{ll|Extension:StructuredDiscussions}}</tvar>
+</translate>
+{{Anchor|Activate}}
-<translate>When you '''activate''' Flow, a bot account named "Flow talk page manager" performs the following tasks:</translate>
+<translate>
-* <translate>archives your previous talk page in wikitext in a sub-page;</translate>
+== Activation == <!--T:28-->
-* <translate>creates a link to this sub-page on Flow Board description right bar;</translate>
+</translate>
-* <translate>reports on the right bar all templates you had at the top of your talk page;</translate>
+{{anchor|ActivationBySysops|sysops}}
-* <translate>creates a Flow Board on your personal talk page.</translate>
+<translate>
+<!--T:46-->
+Sysops on wikis that have Structured Discussions installed have the right to create, move and delete Structured Discussions boards.
+<!--T:47-->
-<translate>When you '''deactivate''' Flow, "Flow talk page manager" does the following tasks:</translate>
+To activate flow, go to <tvar name=EnablePage><code>Special:EnableStructuredDiscussions</code></tvar> on your wiki. Type the name of the page on the first form. The second textarea allows you to pre-fill the Board Description.
-* <translate>creates a new wikitext talk page. This page is blank;</translate>
-* <translate>archives the Flow Board on a sub-page.</translate>
+<!--T:65-->
-<translate>Flow talk page manager may have a delay to activate Flow. If you don't have Flow on your talk page after some minutes, [[Talk:Flow|please report it]].</translate>
+This performs the following tasks:
+</translate>
-<translate>It is not possible to convert a wikitext page content to Flow, and vice-versa. This is due to Flow's structure (Board & Topics). </translate>
+* <translate><!--T:13--> archives the talk page in wikitext in a sub-page;</translate>
+* <translate><!--T:16--> Creates a new Structured Discussions Board replacing the talk page.</translate>
+* <translate><!--T:14--> creates a link to the archive sub-page on Structured Discussions Board's description (the bar on the right side);</translate>
-<translate>If you want to rename, delete or restore a Flow board, please see [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Flow/Administration|the Administration page]]. </translate>
+<translate><!--T:21--> It is not possible to convert a wikitext page content to Structured Discussions.</translate>
+<translate><!--T:38--> This is due to Structured Discussions's structure (a Board with Topics).</translate>
-==== <translate>Without Beta feature</translate> ====
+<translate>
+<!--T:48-->
-<translate>If your community has a consensus to try Flow, you can [[Flow/Request Flow on a page|request Flow on a page]]. </translate>
+Page moves are done like any other page.
+<!--T:49-->
-<translate>Someone from the Wikimedia Foundation will activate manually the Flow talk page manager. The process will be the same as described above.</translate>
+Deletion of a Structured Discussion Board is done like any other page. However, if you want to archive the Board, move it to a sub-page instead.
+</translate>
+{{anchor|deactivate}}
-=== <translate>Have Flow on an other page than a talk page</translate> ===
+<translate>
-<translate>If your community has a consensus to try Flow on a specific page, you have to [[Flow/Request Flow on a page|request activation]].</translate>
+== Deactivation == <!--T:60-->
+</translate>
+<translate><!--T:66--> On some wikis there was previously a Beta feature that allowed users to enable Structured Discussions on their talk page.</translate>
+<translate><!--T:67--> This Beta feature is no longer supported, but users who once had it enabled can deactivate it.</translate>
+<translate>
+<!--T:17-->
+If they do, "Flow talk page manager" does the following tasks:
+</translate>
+* <translate><!--T:18--> unarchives their former wikitext talk page</translate>
+* <translate><!--T:19--> archives the Structured Discussions Board on a sub-page.</translate> <translate><!--T:61--> This archived page is at the following address: <tvar name="1"><code>User talk:USERNAME/Structured_Discussions_Archive_1 </code></tvar>.</translate>
+<translate>
+<!--T:69-->
+To deactivate a Structured Discussions Board on any other page, move the page to an archive sub-page, then re-create a wikitext discussion page under the original title.
+<!--T:68-->
+A maintenance script exists that copies the content of a Structured Discussions board to a wikitext page.
+<!--T:62-->
+If you need any assistance when deactivating your page, please [[<tvar name="1">Talk:Structured Discussions/Deprecation</tvar>|contact us]].
+<!--T:63-->
+Probably in 2024, all Structured Discussions pages will be [[<tvar name="1">mw:Structured Discussions/Deprecation</tvar>|deactivated and converted]].
+== Rename, delete, restore == <!--T:64-->
+<!--T:22-->
+If you want to rename, delete or restore a Structured Discussions board, please see [[<tvar name=admin>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Structured Discussions/Administration</tvar>|the Administration page]].
+</translate>

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