https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18790
Summary: Unwatched recent changes page via rc_watched
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: schema-change
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Recent changes
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Background: Vandalism is a problem on all pages, but it is a much larger
problem on pages that, on average, have fewer or zero people watching them. One
solution to this problem is Special:UnwatchedPages, which was requested by
Jimbo, is accessible only to admins, is updated infrequently, and is therefore
very difficult (impossible) to clean out.
This problem could be handled by adding an rc_watched column to the
recentchanges table to store a watcher-count, based on the watchlist table at
the time of the revision, and counting only editors that have been active in
the past N (7) days. An alternative to schema modification is to use rc_type to
store this information.
This would allow a "recent changes in unwatched articles" page. This page would
catch vandalism that would usually have gone unnoticed for long periods of
time, and encourage editors to take these pages into their watch-lists. It
would eliminate the need for Special:UnwatchedPages. Vandalism of pages on this
list would not be a problem, as such edits would be bumped to the top of the
list and be twice as likely to be caught, and substantially more likely than at
recentchanges due to lower volume.
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