https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36146
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Bug #: 36146
Summary: Email notification digest/summary
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Email
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Currently, email notification works something like this (I'm thinking of user
talk notification, I presume the same is true for watchlist notifications):
1. User talk post made: email notification sent
2. a) User logs in: go back to 1.
2. b) User doesn't log in: no further notifications.
The problem is with 2b. It's there as a hack to prevent many emails being sent
(one per user talk post) - but a far better solution would be to provide some
form of digest or summary. For example, a daily or weekly digest would be one
email saying "X messages posted in the last day/week - log in to see them".
Frequency of digest (and whether the user gets one at all) should be a
preference option.
This approach would help users stay in touch with a wiki, especially those
users who don't log in very frequently. From the Wikimedia perspective
specifically, it could be a significant boost for long-term editor retention,
and if done for watchlist notifications it would be of particular benefit to
smaller, lower-activity wikis.
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