Implement persistent entry point(s) for Special:TopicSubscriptions
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	Aug 28 2021, 1:18 AM

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T273342 introduced a new page that enables people to view all of the topics they are currently subscribed to. This ticket is about introducing the persistent entry point(s) necessary for people to discover the, provisionally named, Special:TopicSubscriptions page.

Existing entry points

Entry point	Screenshot	Implementation
Special:SpecialPages		N/A
`Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo`		T294994

New entry point ideas

Location	Screenshot	Notes
`Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo`		Done
Echo dropdown		Not done
Emails		Not done
"You have subscribed!" toast		Not done
`Special:Watchlist` and/or `Special:EditWatchlist`		See comment from @Mandarax on en.wiki here. Not done

Other ideas

Exposing this page within the automatic topic subscription first-run experience (T262103)

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		None	T289906 Implement persistent entry point(s) for Special:TopicSubscriptions
		Resolved		• ppelberg	T294994 Expose link to Special:TopicSubscriptions within Special:Preferences

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• ppelberg created this task.Aug 28 2021, 1:18 AM

• ppelberg moved this task from Untriaged to Next Quarter on the Editing-team board.

• ppelberg moved this task from Backlog to Triaged on the DiscussionTools board.

• ppelberg mentioned this in T273342: Introduce a way to view and manage all of the topics you are subscribed to.

As a very minimum, the page should be listed on Special:SpecialPages, already in the first iteration.

In a further iteration, another possibility is Special:Watchlist and/or Special:EditWatchlist (although these are probably for more experienced users, as opposed to the Echo entry points).

In T289906#7316171, @Tacsipacsi wrote:

As a very minimum, the page should be listed on Special:SpecialPages, already in the first iteration.

Great spot. I've added this as a requirement to T273342. See: T273342#7317333.

In a further iteration, another possibility is Special:Watchlist and/or Special:EditWatchlist (although these are probably for more experienced users, as opposed to the Echo entry points).

I've added these to the task description for us all to revisit once we prioritize work on this task. If/when more ideas comes to mind, please boldly edit the task description and add them.

• ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 30 2021, 2:10 AM

In T289906#7316171, @Tacsipacsi wrote:

As a very minimum, the page should be listed on Special:SpecialPages, already in the first iteration.

It will be (this happens automatically, unless the special page is marked as "unlisted").

Change 715587 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools@master] Add links to Special:TopicSubscriptions in notifications and preferences

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/715587

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 30 2021, 7:39 PM

In T289906#7318505, @matmarex wrote:

It will be (this happens automatically, unless the special page is marked as "unlisted").

I also remembered this way, but since the requirements said that there shall be no link to the special page, I wanted to make sure that you don’t interpret it too literally and actively remove the link.

• ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 1 2021, 5:36 PM

Is it possible to unpack this sentence a bit more:

This ticket is about introducing the persistent entry point(s) necessary for people to discover the, provisionally named, Special:TopicSubscriptions page.

Who are the people that we want to discover the entry point? Initially will it be senior contributors? @ppelberg

Draft User Story:

As a Senior Contributor,
I need to access all of my topic subscriptions at once
so that I can bulk unsubscribe from things.

^^ if this is right, then we should identify what part of the workflow senior contributor's are at when they have this need.

In T289906#7345331, @iamjessklein wrote:

This ticket is about introducing the persistent entry point(s) necessary for people to discover the, provisionally named, Special:TopicSubscriptions page.

Who are the people that we want to discover the entry point? Initially will it be senior contributors? @ppelberg

Good question; I think I will be better equipped to answer the question above and draft the user story once the conversations I'm having on-wiki wrap up. [i][ii]

i. conversation at ru.wiki
ii. conversation at pl.wiki

matmarex edited projects, added Editing-team (Kanban Board); removed Editing-team.Oct 7 2021, 3:38 PM

• ppelberg edited parent tasks, added: T282636: [Release Ticket] Offer Automatic Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Initial Wikis; removed: T282637: Make automatic topic subscriptions available as an opt-out setting.Oct 29 2021, 11:18 PM

• ppelberg mentioned this in T294994: Expose link to Special:TopicSubscriptions within Special:Preferences.Nov 4 2021, 12:09 AM

• ppelberg removed a parent task: T282636: [Release Ticket] Offer Automatic Topic Subscriptions as Beta Feature at Initial Wikis.

During today's (3-November) team meeting, we decided that we will start by exposing a link to Special:TopicSubscriptions within Special:Preferences. This work will happen in T294994.

Over time, we anticipate exposing Special:TopicSubscriptions in more prominent places.

In the meantime, this task will be the place where we gather ideas for what those "prominent places" could end up being.

• ppelberg removed a project: Editing-team (Kanban Board).Nov 4 2021, 12:19 AM

• ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)

• ppelberg moved this task from Triaged to New Features on the DiscussionTools board.

matmarex removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 4 2021, 6:54 PM

• ppelberg moved this task from New Features to Existing Feature Improvements on the DiscussionTools board.Nov 5 2021, 9:53 PM

• ppelberg mentioned this in T295207: [Special:TopicSubscriptions] Ideas for improvement.Nov 5 2021, 10:04 PM

VPuffetMichel triaged this task as High priority.Nov 8 2021, 1:37 PM

VPuffetMichel added a project: Goal.Nov 8 2021, 6:51 PM

VPuffetMichel added a project: Editing-team (Kanban Board).

• ppelberg removed projects: Editing-team (Kanban Board), Goal.Nov 14 2021, 2:58 PM

• ppelberg closed subtask T294994: Expose link to Special:TopicSubscriptions within Special:Preferences as Resolved.Nov 29 2021, 5:50 PM

• ppelberg updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 7 2021, 1:23 AM

• ppelberg added a subscriber: Mandarax.

matmarex updated the task description. (Show Details)Thu, Mar 28, 11:44 PM

We've implemented one on Special:Preferences, and it seems to me that there isn't appetite to add more of them, so I suggest closing the task. More specific feature requests can always be filed.

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