DedicatedTalkButton moves the talk page link from the edit dropdown to beside the edit button, also making the talk button consistent with the edit button. This script is useful for wikis which have decided to not use article comments, or do not have them.
Installation
CSS snippets
The script can be configured using these CSS snippets; add them in your global.css/common.css or in MediaWiki:Common.css:
Hide the talk icon: #ca-talk>.wds-icon{display:none;}
Show a counter next to the talk button: #ca-talk{font-size:0;}#ca-talk::after{content:attr(title);font-size:12px;}