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action=discussiontoolsedit
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: Discussion tools
- License: MIT
Post a message on a discussion page.
- paction
Action to perform.
- addcomment
- Add a new comment as a reply to an existing comment.
- addtopic
- Add a new discussion section and the first comment in it.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: addcomment, addtopic
- autosubscribe
Automatically subscribe the user to the talk page thread?
- One of the following values: default, no, yes
- Default: default
- page
The page to perform actions on.
- This parameter is required.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- formtoken
An optional unique ID generated in the client to prevent double-posting.
- Cannot be longer than 16 characters.
- commentname
Name of the comment to reply to. Only used when paction is addcomment.
- commentid
ID of the comment to reply to. Only used when paction is addcomment. Overrides commentname.
- wikitext
Content to post, as wikitext. Cannot be used together with html.
- html
Content to post, as HTML. Cannot be used together with wikitext.
- summary
Edit summary.
- sectiontitle
The title for a new section when using $1section=new. Only used when paction is addtopic.
- allownosectiontitle
Allow posting a new section without a title.
- Type: boolean (details)
- useskin
Apply the selected skin to the parser output. May affect the following properties: text, langlinks, headitems, modules, jsconfigvars, indicators.
- One of the following values: apioutput, cologneblue, fallback, minerva, modern, monobook, timeless, vector, vector-2022
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences (ignored for bot users) or do not change watch.
- captchaid
Captcha ID (when saving with a captcha response).
- captchaword
Answer to the captcha (when saving with a captcha response).
- nocontent
Omit the HTML content of the new revision in the response.
Change tags to apply to the edit.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
- returnto
Page title. If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to the given page, instead of the page that was edited.
- Type: page title
- Accepts non-existent pages.
- returntoquery
URL query parameters (with leading ?). If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to a page with the given query parameters.
- Default: (empty)
- returntoanchor
URL fragment (with leading #). If saving the edit created a temporary account, the API may respond with an URL that the client should visit to complete logging in. If this parameter is provided, the URL will redirect to a page with the given fragment.
- Default: (empty)
- mobileformat
Return parse output in a format suitable for mobile devices.
- Type: boolean (details)