@DannyS712 Can you create an extension version of GlobalWatchlist or something? We could then request it to be deployed to Wikimedia sites.

In T236633#5609677, @Masumrezarock100 wrote:

@DannyS712 Can you create an extension version of GlobalWatchlist or something? We could then request it to be deployed to Wikimedia sites.

That is the eventual plan, but it'll take a while; I currently have no way to run mediawiki locally, so I cannot test it or run it. The easiest implementation as an extension would be, WMF specific, and would

• Register the 2 "special pages"
• For those special pages, just output a placeholder
• Do everything else in the associated javascript module

I see. I've seen extensions work without JS. I think the watchlist changes results can be served without JS and be preloaded (like a local Watchlist) if you prepare an extension. I mean the current JS version takes a lot of time to fetch results if there are lots of changes.

In T236633#5609783, @Masumrezarock100 wrote:

I see. I've seen extensions work without JS. I think the watchlist changes results can be served without JS and be preloaded (like a local Watchlist) if you prepare an extension. I mean the current JS version takes a lot of time to fetch results.

Sure, but the current code for SpecialWatchlist (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/refs/heads/master/includes/specials/SpecialWatchlist.php) does that by querying the database, and while that may be faster for 1 wiki, its simpler (in my view) to do it via the API (and that I already have written) - either way, it'll be a while. Maybe I'll apply for a WMF grant...