Hi,
A discussion has started on-wiki about a global watchlist, and other
related improvements to the watchlist feature.
A few people have started to organize the various bug reports about
watchlists, but there is still much to do before we have a clear &
prioritized vision of what the watchlist feature should become.
Improving a feature as used and central as the watchlist has the
potential of drastically improving the users' experience, but is also
likely to cause an outcry if proper research isn't done in advance,
given that everyone has their own workflow.
One comment that came up during the discussion was that people didn't
want to spend time working on research, specifications &
prioritization of features unless they had some sort of guarantee that
their work wouldn't just be ignored and rot in a corner because
nobody's interested in actually implementing the changes. I think this
is a fair and understandable request: nobody wants their hard work to
go to waste.
Therefore, if a few developers could declare their interest in
tackling the watchlist issue in the foreseeable future, it would help
arouse interest and enthusiasm from users, and motivate them to
organize user research in order to design a better watchlist feature.
I don't think we need a formal pledge or commitment; a simple
declaration of interest would imho be enough to get started. The
specifics can be ironed out later.
So, I have two questions:
* Does this make sense?
* Are you interested in improving the watchlist feature within, say,
the next 6 months?
More information:
Discussion:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Watchlist_wishlist
Draft product page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Watchlist_wishlist
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Guillaume Paumier