On 22 December 2010 12:29, wiki <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
5) I see the growing use of {{talkback}} templates. Personally, I hate them.
However, the assumption that everyone masters watchlists and knows how to
find discussions - and sees replies people make to them in any one of 27
noticeboards, talk pages etc is also counter intuitive. Could we develop
software that flagged a user when someone replies to their post, wherever
the reply might be? So if I post anywhere and someone posts indented below,
I get some form of automatic notification? I don't know how it would work -
but Facebook's beauty is that wherever I comment, or wherever someone
comments about me, I get notified - that tends to keep me interested in
continuing the discussions rather than drifting off. Watchlists were great
in 2002, but they are part of an increasingly tired looking infrastructure.
This is one of the main benefits of LiquidThreads. The system is coded
and in use on a few wikis (the strategy wiki & en.wikinews comment
pages spring to mind), but I can't see it ever being introduced on
en.Wikipedia without serious resistance. It's a big change from the
current discussion model, and unlike skins there's no way for
individuals to opt-out.
Pete / the wub