https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49446
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Bug ID: 49446
Summary: Notifications: Linking a username in an Edit-Summary
should trigger a notification
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Echo
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Add a check of the edit summary, for any links to a username. Don't require the
~~~~ check in these cases.
Eg.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Signatures&diff=prev&oldid=556815553
this edit],
Eg.2.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Peteforsyth&diff=prev&oldid=554514702
another edit]
This would allow us to "ping" a user, in any namespace.
It would allow us to notify someone that their question had been answered, or
query something about their edit, without working their name into the text of
the response.
My only concern is that this might get over-used, leading to some power-users
"pinging" too often/easily. Ie. trying to use edit summaries as a communication
tool. Eg. "Does this look right [[User:Ironholds]]?"
Possibly the benefits outweigh the potential drawbacks?
(I thought Notifications was already doing this, hence I've been linking
usernames in some edit summaries for the last few weeks.. >.< )
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