Hello ambassadors! I mistook myself on the previous email and there is some changes on the schedule. The deployment will be done on the *11st of March, 00:00 UTC*, not on the 10th (as written on the email subject) or the 20th (as written by error on the body).
Sorry for the delay and the mistake! Benoît On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Benoît Evellin (Trizek) < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear wiki tech ambassadors, > > As you may have noticed on the last Tech News issue, Collaboration team is > please to announce that *Cross-wiki notifications* > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki> will be > available as a Beta feature on all wikis by *March 20th*. > > Cross-wiki notifications will help you know about some activity on another > wiki. *How does it work?* Imagine someone thanks you on Commons - the > next time you open a page on your local wiki, you'll see that notification > from Commons! We hope this will help everyone who is active on multiple > wikis. You will find more information in the documentation > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki> (translations > still welcome). > > Of course, it is a Beta Feature. We have tested many possible cases on > test wikis, and then release that feature one month ago on MediaWiki.org, > Commons, Wikidata, French and Hebrew wikis. That first release allowed us > to solve encountered problems, but *if you experience some bugs* (and we > are sorry about that), please report them on the dedicated page > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Notifications> (in any > language). That page is also dedicated to feedback and suggestions. > > To activate the feature, you will have to go on the 20th of March to your > preferences > <https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures>, > Beta tab, and select the "Enhanced notifications" checkbox (or the > equivalent > <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/MediaWiki:Echo-pref-beta-feature-cross-wiki-message>in > your language). You will then receive Notifications when they happen on any > other wiki. You will receive these notifications only on the wiki where you > have activated the feature. If you do not activate it, nothing will change > on your Notifications panel. > > If you have any questions, please leave me a message on any wiki, I'll be > notified with cross-wiki notifications. > > Please spread the word! :) > > Thanks, > Benoît > > -- > Benoît Evellin (Trizek) > Community Liaison > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation
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