Hi Yaron, I noticed in the list of things the extension is aiming to do and I would suggest adding, if possible, the following: notification on subpages (creation, editing, etc.) as a possibility. Useful especially if the parent page is a primary page about something and subpages are reviews, more technical pages, etc.
Thanks Sent from my iPad > On May 9, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pine, > > Yes, even for the basic act of getting notified of all changes to certain > pages, the current watchlist functionality isn't always ideal - that's part > of what this extension is meant to address. > > We haven't discussed getting alerted only for changes to certain sections, > though it's an interesting idea, and it seems doable - thanks for the > feedback. > > Just to clarify - by "ANI" I assume you mean this page: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents > > There has been no discussion so far of putting this extension on Wikpedia > or any other Wikimedia site - we have no way to know whether, or when, it > would happen. > > -Yaron > >> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This could be very useful for those of us who have huge watchlists but only >> need urgent notifications about a small number of pages. >> >> Will it be possible to watch or get alerts for specific sections of pages, >> such as specific sections on ANI? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Pine >>> On May 6, 2016 08:00, "Abhi Nand" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I am Abhinand N and I have been selected for GSoC'16 for the project - >>> Extension for page creation/editing notification. I would like to share >> my >>> experience in contributing to MediaWiki and my perspective on >> implementing >>> the extension in MediaWiki. >>> >>> >>> *About me* >>> >>> >>> I am a first year Computer Science major from Amrita University, India. I >>> am coming from a small town called Palakkad >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palakkad_district> in Kerala >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala>. Kerala is known as Gods own >>> Country >>> and it is a very beautiful place. I got introduced to MediaWiki through >>> FOSS community in my campus - FOSS@Amrita <http://foss.amrita.ac.in/>. >> Its >>> one of the active club in the campus where we are introduced to a new >> world >>> of open source technology apart from the usual academic work. I started >>> contributing to MediaWiki by fixing small bugs. I noticed this project >> when >>> it was put up as featured for GSoC. I went through the project >> description >>> the project and got very much excited to work on the same. Yaron Koren is >>> my mentor for this project. He is one of the coolest guy whom I have ever >>> met and I am very happy to work with him. >>> >>> >>> *Project* >>> >>> >>> This project aims to create notification when a page is created or edited >>> by any user. There are already existing modules like Watchlist, Semantic >>> Watchlist, PageCreationNotif etc that helps with notification. However, >> the >>> extension that I am going to develop allows the user to configure the >>> notification system the way he/she needs. The configuration is not >> limited >>> to whether the user needs to receive the notification via Email, Echo >>> notification or as the recent changes in a special page. Also, the user >> is >>> given the option to track all pages, pages in specific namespace or >>> category, or a specified list of pages. >>> >>> Just as the pages to be tracked are grouped, the people who are to be >>> notified are also grouped as >>> >>> >>> - User in a user group, >>> - A user in a user-list, >>> - User who signed up to be notified or >>> - to Email addresses of non MediaWiki users. >>> >>> >>> That's a brief explanation about the project. Currently I haven't yet >>> decided on how the extension should be structured and on the user >> interface >>> part of the extension, which is one of the most important things to be >>> considered. Also the priority of the events are not concluded. I would be >>> grateful to get your valuable suggestions and feedback about the project. >>> It would help me a lot to make the extension more effective and >> convenient >>> for the user. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> -- >>> Abhinand N >>> About <http://www.abhinand7.me/> | Blog >>> <https://abhilovesto.wordpress.com/> | Github >>> <https://github.com/abhinand4858> >>> >>> *"Explore.Dream.Discover"* >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> To unsubscribe, go to: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > -- > WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
