https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59116
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Bug ID: 59116
Summary: Show link notifications for links from non-mainspace
also
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Echo
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: listenle...@gmail.com
CC: agarr...@wikimedia.org, bs...@wikimedia.org,
legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com, oke...@wikimedia.org,
pandiculat...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
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Currently link notifications are only shown when the page is linked from
namespace 0 (or from any content namespace, I don't know, but this doesn't
matter) (and when the linked page is itself in namespace 0, but this too isn't
relevant for this ticket). You probably have a rationale for not showing
notification for new links from other namespaces, so feel free to close as
WONTFIX, if your rationale is better than mine.
I think notifications should be shown for new links from all namespaces. There
are several common cases, and in all of them a notification would be a good
idea:
* A page is linked on a portal/wiki project/... among the "New Articles". ->
The user is shown a place, where others work on the topic he is interested in.
* A page is linked on a list of articles that have to be improved or nominated
for deletion, etc. -> As long as there are no seperate notifications for this,
a link notification is an acceptable way to inform the user about this.
* A page is linked on the reference desk to answer some question. -> The user
is told: "By writing this article you helped somebody!", which is a nice
positive feedback.
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