help: Add a page on viewing channel information from message view.

help/change-the-channel-description.md

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ disabled. Use Markdown formatting to include a link to a website, Zulip
 
 ## Related articles
 
+* [View channel information](/help/view-channel-information)
 * [Rename a channel](/help/rename-a-channel)
 * [Markdown formatting][markdown-formatting]
 * [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)

help/include/go-to-channel.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1. Click on a channel in the left sidebar, or otherwise navigate to the channel
+   you're interested in.

help/include/sidebar_index.md

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 * [Unsubscribe from a channel](/help/unsubscribe-from-a-channel)
 * [Manage inactive channels](/help/manage-inactive-channels)
 * [Move content to another channel](/help/move-content-to-another-channel)
+* [View channel information](/help/view-channel-information)
 * [View channel subscribers](/help/view-channel-subscribers)
 
 ## Topics

help/introduction-to-channels.md

@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@
 * [Introduction to topics](/help/introduction-to-topics)
 * [Create channels](/help/create-channels)
 * [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)
+* [View channel information](/help/view-channel-information)

help/rename-a-channel.md

@@ -42,5 +42,6 @@ and Unicode emoji.
 
 ## Related articles
 
+* [View channel information](/help/view-channel-information)
 * [Change a channel's description](/help/change-the-channel-description)
 * [Channel permissions](/help/channel-permissions)

help/view-channel-information.md

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# View channel information
+
+When viewing a [topic](/help/introduction-to-topics) or a [channel
+feed](/help/channel-feed), you can find the name, description and subscriber
+count for the current channel directly in your message view.
+
+## View channel name
+
+{start_tabs}
+
+{tab|desktop-web}
+
+{!go-to-channel.md!}
+
+1. The channel's name appears in the navigation bar at the top of app.
+
+{end_tabs}
+
+## View channel description
+
+{start_tabs}
+
+{tab|desktop-web}
+
+{!go-to-channel.md!}
+
+1. The channel's description appears in the navigation bar at the top of app. If
+   the description doesn't fit in the navigation bar, hover over it with the
+   mouse to view it in full.
+
+{end_tabs}
+
+## View channel subscriber count
+
+{start_tabs}
+
+{tab|desktop-web}
+
+{!go-to-channel.md!}
+
+1. Hover over the channel's name in the navigation bar at the top of app with
+   the mouse to see the subscriber count.
+
+{end_tabs}
+
+## Related articles
+
+* [Introduction to channels](/help/introduction-to-channels)
+* [View channel subscribers](/help/view-channel-subscribers)
+* [Rename a channel](/help/rename-a-channel)
+* [Change a channel's description](/help/change-the-channel-description)

help/view-channel-subscribers.md

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ unsubscribe other users to channels.
 ## Related articles
 
 * [Introduction to channels](/help/introduction-to-channels)
+* [View channel information](/help/view-channel-information)
 * [Unsubscribe from a channel](/help/unsubscribe-from-a-channel)
 * [Manage a user's channel subscriptions](/help/manage-user-channel-subscriptions)
 * [Subscribe users to a channel](/help/subscribe-users-to-a-channel)