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A new look for talk pages, for everyone

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The new look for talk pages (screenshot of French Wikipedia).

Your wiki is part of a test that started last year. We changed the design of talk pages for half of users at 15 wikis and tested how they reacted to it.

• We changed how the talk page's main title, adding a space after “Talk:”, and all section titles look, now using Sans-serif.
• The buttons for replying, subscribing, and starting a new topic appear in a bolder typeface, instead of looking like a regular link.
• For Vector 2022 users, the table of contents shows the number of comments within a topic.
• We added meta-information at the top of the talk page (link and date for the latest comment).

During the test, we measured if users were more successful adding messages on talk pages, in particular new users. We observed that new users, using the new design, are more successful on posting constructive comments at talk pages. The report is available, in English.

The test will end soon. We will deploy the new look to your wikis as the default look for talk pages. This deployment will start on Monday April 29. The deployment is only for Desktop view, as Mobile users already have this new design by default.

If you prefer to keep the old look, you can do it in your preferences, by unchecking the "Overlegactiviteit weergeven" option. (Please note that the "add new topic" button on talk pages won't be affected by this preference.)

If you have any question regarding this deployment, or other improvements made on talk pages, please let me know. ~~~~ Trizek (WMF) (overleg) 24 apr 2024 16:49 (CEST)

@Trizek (WMF) hah, and I kept thinking the added space in the title was a persisting bug! Ciell need me? ping me! 24 apr 2024 18:19 (CEST)

@Ciell, no, for once, it is a feature. :) Trizek (WMF) (overleg) 24 apr 2024 18:21 (CEST)

Whether or not there is a connection, at the same time keyboard selection of titles became much easier, thhanks a lot! Also for the much improved interface, including persistent links in comment signings.

Btw of course everyone noticed that Wutsje removed the extra space from his UP and TP pages in an act of submillimeter maintenance. Go Ciell, go, get rid of those bugs too!  →bertux 24 apr 2024 18:34 (CEST)

MediaWiki dev is not on my resume yet Bertux. Ciell need me? ping me! 24 apr 2024 18:49 (CEST)