MediaWiki provides a discussion page for each content page in the wiki. This allows users to coordinate any questions, changes or ideas regarding a wiki page "behind the scenes". BlueSpice 4 has a slightly different discussions concept which does not use the actual talk page content, but relies on the extension BlueSpiceSocialTopics instead.
Configuration
Administrators should check the setting for automatic Talk-page creation. To provide a seamless user experience, the setting "Automatically create all discussion pages" should be activated in the Config manager. This ensures that a user is not redirected to the talk page first for saving it to the wiki before the actual discussion topic can be created.
Discussions about a page are listed directly below the page content on the wiki page itself.
When a user starts the first discussion topic for the page, the wiki still generates a corresponding "Talk"-page. This means that when the first discussion is added to the page Main Page, the page Talk:Main_Page is also created. It shows the same discussion topics that are shown below the page content itself. Because of this duplication, the BlueSpice 4 skin Discovery does not show a direct link to the discussion page anywhere on the content page. (If a link should be shown on pages in a specific namespace for example, this could be achieved with the extension HeaderFooter).
Configuration
To create the first discussion topic on a page:
Click the + button in the Discussion area at the end of the page. empty discussion areaadd a discussion topicThis opens the talk page.
After posting your topic, you have the following options:
Edit: the post by clicking on the edit icon
Unwatch: when you post a discussion topic, it automatically gets added to your watchlist. You can remove it manually here.
Delete: a post can be deleted by its author as well as any wiki admin. Admins see a deleted post with a red background. Other users cannot see a deleted post.
Unresolved: the author and any admin can mark a discussion topic as resolved. Click on unresolved to switch its status.
Linked pages: discussion topics are always linked to their content and talk pages. You can link additional pages here if you need them for filtering purposes.
