| Description | Insert a small reply form without leaving the page |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Enterprisey (original author, has declared the script superseded by discussion-tools), Alexis Jazz (new maintainer) |
| Status | Superseded by Factotum |
| Updated | November 28, 2021 |
| Skin support | Vector |
| Source | User:Alexis Jazz/reply-link.js |
- Reply-link has been superseded by Factotum.
Reply-link is a script that inserts a link after on-wiki comments that opens a small reply form. You enter what you want to say, press "Reply" and that's it. Enterprisey created the well-loved reply-link but declared it superseded on 6 September 2021 as mw:Extension:DiscussionTools now offers fairly similar functionality. Reply-link broke around the same time, only allowing you to reply your own comments. This was caused by the introduction of DiscussionTools as they altered the HTML of talk pages. I've forked reply-link and will try to keep it functional in it's current state, but I won't fix existing bugs or add major new features.
Installation instructions edit
Install Factotum instead.
If you decide to install this anyway you may want to consider disabling "Enable quick replying" in your preferences (editing section) / global preferences (editing section) to avoid confusion. You won't see this option (and won't have to disable it) if you have disabled "Discussion tools" in your preferences (beta features section) or global preferences (beta features section). Or if you installed Factotum which hides DiscussionTools by default, though you can unhide it if desired.
Issues edit
Too many to keep track of. But using reply-link on Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2021 December 8 to respond to a relisted discussion appears to cause the browser to hang. Possibly triggers an infinite loop. Either it's an issue on my end or the problem already existed when Enterprisey still maintained it. Not fixing.