On 22 December 2010 12:29, wiki <[email protected]> wrote: > > 5) I see the growing use of {{talkback}} templates. Personally, I hate them. > However, the assumption that everyone masters watchlists and knows how to > find discussions - and sees replies people make to them in any one of 27 > noticeboards, talk pages etc is also counter intuitive. Could we develop > software that flagged a user when someone replies to their post, wherever > the reply might be? So if I post anywhere and someone posts indented below, > I get some form of automatic notification? I don't know how it would work - > but Facebook's beauty is that wherever I comment, or wherever someone > comments about me, I get notified - that tends to keep me interested in > continuing the discussions rather than drifting off. Watchlists were great > in 2002, but they are part of an increasingly tired looking infrastructure.
This is one of the main benefits of LiquidThreads. The system is coded and in use on a few wikis (the strategy wiki & en.wikinews comment pages spring to mind), but I can't see it ever being introduced on en.Wikipedia without serious resistance. It's a big change from the current discussion model, and unlike skins there's no way for individuals to opt-out. Pete / the wub _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
