On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:51:55PM +0000, Rowan Collins wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 03:22:06 +0100, DIG
<dig.mediazilla(a)telkel.net> wrote:
It would be useful for the wiki contributor to
have a RSS feed,
containing fresh information about articles from his/her watch list.
You are certainly not the first person to suggest this, although you
are to be commended for spotting the requirements of the feature
quicker than some. For one lot of earlier discussion, see
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2004-December/026558.html
and its replies, but basically this is a feature waiting for someone
to volunteer and actually code it - we have lots of those...
Thanks for the pointer. I didn't expect that I would be the first to propose this
feature -- it is too obvious, I just did not find it :-))
So, my suggestion to use pseudo random string (associated with the user's login name
and kept in the user's table) in full RSS URL will resolve the privacy problem: the
user does not have to be logged in to read the RSS, but she must be logged in to know her
RSS link. And there is no need for public watchlist.
P.S. Sorry for this late answer -- I just found this unsent letter in my
``postponed'' box.
Best regards,
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DIG (Dmitri I GOULIAEV)
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