Hi there,
I created a Request for comments[1] and a corresponding Phabricator Task[2] regarding a feature that enables users to watch categories for page additions and removals.
If you are interested in this topic or somehow involved in Extension:Echo or watchlist features, feel free to participate in the discussion.
Cheers, Kai
[1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Watch_Categorylinks [2]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94414
The the CategoryWatch extension was created a few years ago for this, but hasn't been updated in a long time so may need some minor fixes by now. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryWatch
On 30/03/15 12:40, Kai Nissen wrote:
Hi there,
I created a Request for comments[1] and a corresponding Phabricator Task[2] regarding a feature that enables users to watch categories for page additions and removals.
If you are interested in this topic or somehow involved in Extension:Echo or watchlist features, feel free to participate in the discussion.
Cheers, Kai
I already noticed the extension, but decided not to enhance it.
As you already said, it hasn't been touched in a long time. In fact, there are some minor issues in the code that would need to be fixed.
Apart from that, it's using a different hook (OnArticleSave) and a diff mechanism to determine the added/removed categories. It's also sending notification mails on its own instead of using Extension:Echo or the job queue.
The feature for having personal categories (Category:Automatically watched by USER_NAME) seems quite useful for custom mediawiki installations, but shouldn't be available in Wikimedia projects.
If we went ahead and changed all this, there wouldn't be much left of what it was. The extension would also depend on Echo, so people who are using it in their own mediawiki installations would need to install Echo in order to be able to upgrade.
Cheers, Kai
Am 30.03.2015 um 19:05 schrieb Aran:
The the CategoryWatch extension was created a few years ago for this, but hasn't been updated in a long time so may need some minor fixes by now. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryWatch
On 30/03/15 12:40, Kai Nissen wrote:
Hi there,
I created a Request for comments[1] and a corresponding Phabricator Task[2] regarding a feature that enables users to watch categories for page additions and removals.
If you are interested in this topic or somehow involved in Extension:Echo or watchlist features, feel free to participate in the discussion.
Cheers, Kai
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Hoi, Would it be possible to trigger a function that might add statements to the items for the articles involved ? Thanks, GerardM
On 2 April 2015 at 11:54, Kai Nissen kai.nissen@wikimedia.de wrote:
I already noticed the extension, but decided not to enhance it.
As you already said, it hasn't been touched in a long time. In fact, there are some minor issues in the code that would need to be fixed.
Apart from that, it's using a different hook (OnArticleSave) and a diff mechanism to determine the added/removed categories. It's also sending notification mails on its own instead of using Extension:Echo or the job queue.
The feature for having personal categories (Category:Automatically watched by USER_NAME) seems quite useful for custom mediawiki installations, but shouldn't be available in Wikimedia projects.
If we went ahead and changed all this, there wouldn't be much left of what it was. The extension would also depend on Echo, so people who are using it in their own mediawiki installations would need to install Echo in order to be able to upgrade.
Cheers, Kai
Am 30.03.2015 um 19:05 schrieb Aran:
The the CategoryWatch extension was created a few years ago for this, but hasn't been updated in a long time so may need some minor fixes by
now.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryWatch
On 30/03/15 12:40, Kai Nissen wrote:
Hi there,
I created a Request for comments[1] and a corresponding Phabricator Task[2] regarding a feature that enables users to watch categories for page additions and removals.
If you are interested in this topic or somehow involved in Extension:Echo or watchlist features, feel free to participate in the discussion.
Cheers, Kai
[1]:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Watch_Categorylinks
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