[WikiEN-l] Watchlist feature requests

[Rob Church]

On 03/05/06, Steve Bennett <stevage at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/05/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Note also the existence of the "clear" function, e.g.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist/clear (comes with a
> > confirmation).
>
> I confess I had never noticed those links there before. They're sort
> of buried in the text. Why not just put them next to the Hide links:
>
> Hide bot edits. | Hide my edits. | Edit watchlist | Unwatch all

I like that idea. Will do so when I get a moment. :)

> > Convince a local sysop to edit MediaWiki:Monobook.js, or possibly
> > (depending upon compatibility), MediaWiki:Common.css.
>
> Who decides what gets in or not? Seems like there are squillions of
> extensions available, so there's presumably some kind of process for
> deciding what extensions are inflicted on everyone and which aren't?

That's down to consensus.


Rob Church