https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32952
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Bug #: 32952
Summary: Email notification and special-color watchlist
notification when articles or categories are up for
deletion or renaming
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
I suggest adding an entry in Special:Preferences (user profile tab) similar to
"E-mail me when my user talk page is changed". A new entry called "E-mail me
when a page or category on my watchlist is being discussed for deletion."
I also suggest separate special entries on the watchlist that are easy to see
via a bolded font, and a different color such as red or green. The special
entry should only disappear after the deletion/renaming discussion or deletion
review has finished. The special entry is separate from the regular entry for
the last edit to the page or category.
Many complaints and much disillusion with Wikipedia occurs because people
aren't clearly notified of deletion and renaming discussions of pages and
categories. Renaming is in reference to categories only. Renaming is included
here because category deletion usually occurs in concert with renaming. See:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion
For more info see this discussion page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion - go to
the section titled something like "Add requirement that category creators be
notified". The discussion is currently ongoing and has expanded beyond just
category creators to Wikiprojects, anybody who has watchlisted the page or
category, and more. The discussion will eventually be found in the talk
archives by the time some people read this bug thread. There seems to be
consensus for some kind of clearer notification, but the problem is the large
amount of work involved in notifying all the people watchlisting an article or
category. Also, some people do not scan their watchlists every day or even
every week. Edit summaries get missed due to later edits, cryptic edit
summaries, or lack of thorough scans of large watchlists.
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