Finnnnallllyy! So happy to hear this is happening :) On 16 Mar 2015 17:52, "Nick Wilson (Quiddity)" <nwil...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> LiquidThreads (LQT) has not been well-supported in a long time. Flow > is in active development, and more real-world use-cases will help > focus attention on the higher-priority features that are needed. To > that end, LQT pages at mediawiki.org will start being converted to > Flow in the next couple of weeks. > > There are about 1,600 existing LQT pages on Mediawiki, and the three > most active pages are VisualEditor/Feedback, Project:Support_desk, and > Help_talk:CirrusSearch.[1] The Collaboration team has been running > test conversions of those three pages, and fixing issues that have > come up. Those fixes are almost complete, and the team will be ready > to start converting LQT threads to Flow topics soon. (If you’re > interested in the progress, check out phab:T90788[2] and linked > tasks.) The latest set is visible at a labs test server.[3] See an > example topic comparison here: Flow vs LQT.[4]) > > The VisualEditor/Feedback page will be converted first (per James' > request), around the middle of next week. We’ll pause to assess any > high-priority changes required. After that, we will start converting > more pages. This process may take a couple of weeks to fully run. > > The last page to be converted will be Project:Support_desk, as that is > the largest and most active LQT Board. > > LQT Threads that are currently on your watchlist, will still be > watchlisted as Flow Topics. New Topics created at Flow Boards on your > watchlist will appear in your Echo notifications, and you can choose > whether or not to watchlist them. > > The LQT namespaces will continue to exist. Links to posts/topics will > redirect appropriately, and the LQT history will remain available at > the original location, as well as being mirrored in the Flow history. > > There’s a queue of new features in Flow that will be shipped over the > next month or so: > > * Table of Contents is done > * Category support for Flow Header and Topics is done > * VE with editing toolbar coming last week of March (phab:T90763) [5] > * Editing other people’s comments coming last week of March (phab:T91086) > * Ability to change the width & side rail in progress, probably out in > April (phab:T88114]) > * Search is in progress (no ETA yet) (phab:T76823) > * The ability to choose which Flow notifications end up in Echo, > watchlist, or both, and other more powerful options, will be coming up > next (no ETA yet) > > That being said -- there are some LiquidThreads features that don’t > exist in Flow yet. > We’d like to hear which features you use on the current LQT boards, > and that you’re concerned about losing in the Flow conversion. At the > same time, we’d like further suggestions on how we could improve upon > that (or other) features from LQT. > > Please give us feedback at > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Sdoatsbslsafx6lw to keep it > centralized, and test freely at the sandbox.[6] > > Much thanks, on behalf of the Collaboration Team, > Quiddity (WMF) > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Feedback and > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:CirrusSearch and > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90788 > [3] http://flow-tests.wmflabs.org/wiki/Testwiki:Support_desk and > http://flow-tests.wmflabs.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Feedback > [4] http://flow-tests.wmflabs.org/wiki/Topic:Qmkwqmp0wfcazy9c and > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Project:Support_desk/Error_creating_thumbnail:_Unable_to_save_thumbnail_to_destination > [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90763 , > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91086 , > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88114 , > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76823 > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Sandbox > > > -- > Nick Wilson (Quiddity) > Community Liaison > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
