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Consult with volunteers at en.wiki about offering Manual Topic Subscriptions as beta feature
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Description

This task involves the work of learning from en.wiki volunteers about what – if any – concerns they have about Manual Topic Subscriptions being offered as a beta feature.

Conversation(s)

  • WP:VPT: dtenable testing
    • An ongoing conversation wherein volunteers are experimenting with Manual Topic Subscriptions using ?Dtenable=1
  • WT:TALKPP
    • Conversations wherein volunteers at en.wiki have been invited to try Manual Topic Subscriptions and any concerns they have about the feature being offered as a Beta Feature at en.wiki

Message contents

This section contains the information we would like to share with volunteers as well as the information we would value them sharing with us.
Information to share with volunteers

  • "Considering the way people responded to Manual Topic Subscriptions in WP:VPT: dtenable testing, we are thinking about when might be a good time to offer Manual Topic Subscriptions as a Beta Feature at en.wiki"

Information to request volunteers to share with us

  • "What – if any – new questions/concerns/ideas about Manual Topic Subscriptions have come to mind in the time since you first tried them?"
  • "What – if anything – do you think the Editing Team should consider addressing prior to offering Manual Topic Subscriptions as a Beta Feature at en.wiki?"

Done

  • 1. Volunteers at en.wiki are experimenting with Manual Topic Subscriptions using dtenable=1
  • 2. Volunteers at en.wiki have been invited to share concerns they have about Manual Topic Subscriptions as a beta feature
  • 3. Tickets for filed for any issues that surface in "2."
  • 4. Once deployment date is set in T287802, inform volunteers