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 Enable quick replying setting within Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing

Testing instructions

At the wikis listed in the ===Wikis to test section below, do the following...

Logged in

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

Logged out

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

New account

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

Wikis to test

Done

• @ppelberg finalized Deployment timing
• All ===Requirements are met