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Implement watchlist notice feature
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The English Wikipedia developed a tool in JavaScript called "watchlist notices."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Software_notices#Watchlist_notice:
Shows to all users who use a watchlist. Appears above the [[horizontal rule]] on the watchlist. Controlled by [[MediaWiki:Watchlist-details]]. Dismissable using JavaScript found in [[MediaWiki:Common.js/watchlist.js]].

This is a rather hackish implementation (relying on an unrelated system message). This feature (including the cookie dismissability) should be implemented in a MediaWiki extension or in core. It'd be useful to have on other Wikimedia wikis.

Perhaps integrated with CentralNotice? Who knows.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 11:30 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-extension-requests.
• bzimport set Reference to bz29146.
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• MZMcBride created this task.May 26 2011, 1:41 AM
• MZMcBride added a comment.Jun 14 2012, 11:37 AM

Bumping this, as the lack of a CentralNotice alternative is becoming more and more of an issue.

Aklapper added a comment.Mar 12 2014, 3:33 PM

Obviously not a high priority (no progress in 21 months) plus no assignee here... Setting priority to Normal.

whym subscribed.Dec 5 2014, 9:02 AM

Commons has a similar gadget developed by Rillke. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Watchlist_messages
It's fully internationalized, and has geo-targeting feature, a wizard to help adding messages, a topic-wise subscription system, etc.

I'm not sure how much of the code can be reused in an extension or core, but I think the gadget's overall usability is inspiring.

Harej moved this task from Incoming to Confirmed Extension Requests on the MediaWiki-extension-requests board.Jan 30 2018, 11:29 PM
Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 12:24 PM
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