Send a notification when someone else edits your userpage
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	Apr 12 2005, 5:27 PM

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Before merging, this should have a $wgEchoUserPageEditNotification variable to enable it, defaulted false (like $wgEchoMentionStatusNotifications). This lets us control when it goes to production.

Also, fill out the form at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T168385#3439975 , and let product review, before merge.

I _have_ implemented this feature; it comes as a (positive) side-effect within
the ENotif version see http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454 (pls.
add you e-mail address to the CC of
http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454 , if you want to receive news
about this.

The flag is shown, as long as not-yet-seen changes on both the user_talk or user
page are pending. This is currently implemented as configurable feature
depending on value of $wgShowNewtalkForUserOrUserTalkPage (true, false).

Tom (Wikinaut).

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Status	Assigned	Task
Invalid	Wikinaut	T3932 [DO NOT USE] ENotif/EConfirm & further enhancements (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-Email]
Open	None	T125653 Create new types of notifications
Open	Legoktm	T3876 Send a notification when someone else edits your userpage

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 8:21 PM

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Wikinaut created this task.Apr 12 2005, 5:27 PM

See screenshot
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Email_notification_screenshots#Version_3.05

*implemented* in ENotif/EConfirm v3.16, see
http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454 .
I cannot say, whether this will be implemented in public release version or not,
but I fully support it.

I need to know, whether you want to have this, whether you want me to publish a
clean patch for CVS REL1_5 for this feature.

You can try it out on http://www.enotifwiki.org , which runs this feature live.

A REL_15 patch for this enhancement bugzilla is available in form of a
cumulative patch (fixing also mainly cosmetic issues of Enotif as in REL1_5).

You might wish to test this proposed feature of a new message marker for
user-talk _and_ user pages live on the wiki http://www.enotifwiki.org . A recent
discussion on IRC received wholehearted welcomes.

(In reply to comment #4; correction; addendum)

A REL1_5(corr'd) patch for this enhancement bugzilla is available in form of a
cumulative patch [1,2] (fixing also mainly cosmetic issues of Enotif as in

REL1_5).

[1] http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=785&action=view
[2] http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2014

gangleri wrote:

Hi Tom!

I think it is a very good idea to expand the "E-mail me when my user talk page
is changed" function.

I modified user pages by mistake in the past because I was confused at some
accounts (in varios alphabets) where neither the user page nor the user talk
page did exist before.

Beside mistake it would be good to know if "your user page" gets midified
(corected or vandalised). I think this is the main reason addressed in a
restrictive request as
Bug 2352: New feature to automatically protect user: page

A point to think about relates to the "subpages" of both the user page and the
talk page. Sould these be covered as well?

To reduce the number of options I suggest to use only "the whole bundle" i.e.
the user page, the user talk page (eventualy also the subpage) and
[[MediaWiki:Tog-enotifusertalkpages]].

I want to mention here also
Bug 4101: send ENotif if user page and / or user talk page is deleted

Brion is fixing bug 3805 and bug 4201.

best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]

cannon.danielc wrote:

*** Bug 2044 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

cannon.danielc wrote:

*** Bug 12040 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 13985 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Hasn't this old task been fixed with the orange bar, a long time ago?

In T3876#935691, @Qgil wrote:

Hasn't this old task been fixed with the orange bar, a long time ago?

IIRC, the orange bar (both the Echo version and the regular one) only notifies you of edits to your user talk page.

This is asking to do the same for the user page (and perhaps your whole userspace). It wasn't originally an Echo bug and I think it still applies to both Echo and vanilla user talk notifications.

• Mattflaschen-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 19 2014, 7:06 PM

This is an enhancement request, so we would also have to discuss if we want to do this.

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Accidental clash. Known issue. Reverting status.

Quiddity renamed this task from Show "You have new messages on your user or user_talk page" -- i.e. both pages are notified to Send a notification when someone else edits your userpage.Sep 7 2015, 10:16 PM

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I think that should also work for subpages.

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subscriber: Mooeypoo.Jan 15 2016, 6:02 AM

MGChecker added a parent task: T125653: Create new types of notifications.Feb 4 2016, 5:33 PM

There is a request from German Wikipedia about having a Notification when someone else modify your user page. May be an alert.

Danny_B merged a task: T15985: Message bar for changes to userspace.Jul 1 2016, 8:12 PM

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Fresh request for this feature from a Slovenian-language editor, at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tlgxli72jrmajwpw and specifically mentioning subpages.

I miss notifications if someone edited my user page or subpage.

Qgil removed a subscriber: Qgil.Feb 22 2017, 10:34 AM

Fresh request for this feature at Enwiki.

Can we add a notification for user page edits?

NeilN added a subscriber: NeilN.Mar 22 2017, 7:31 PM

Should it be proposed as a possible task for the next hackathon?

Quiddity mentioned this in T164442: Page edits don't trigger notifications if an earlier page edit was minor.May 4 2017, 1:16 AM

Quiddity mentioned this in T166924: Notify user when someone else creates a user-subpage for them.Jun 3 2017, 1:19 AM

Quiddity mentioned this in T5234: Extend edit-user-talk notification to include edits to subpages of a user's talk page.

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Gestrid added a subscriber: Gestrid.Jun 8 2017, 7:46 AM

I pinged @jmatazzoni and the team to ask if we want to implement this.

• Mattflaschen-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 13 2017, 4:38 AM

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Change 371738 had a related patch set uploaded (by JoHammer; owner: JoHammer):
[mediawiki/extensions/Echo@master] send a notification if someone else edits your userpage

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/371738

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This was #2 on the 2022 survey: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Anti-harassment/Notifications_for_user_page_edits and adding a new notification is actually pretty straightforward, so I'll give this a shot.

A few people asked for subpages too, I think we should start with the root user page only and see what people think (if you think user subpages would be useful, please speak up). The notification will be bundled, like talk pages, so if 2 people edit it quickly, the notification will say "2 people edited your user page" rather than getting 2 notifications. And we can keep the same logic as talk page notifications, if a bot edits it as minor, then it'll be ignored.

I'd prefer subpages be included, but if it's only the root page for now that's still a solid addition IMO.

I'd prefer subpages be included as well. If someone edits one of my user subpages, whether intentionally (spam, harassment, etc.) or accidentally (such as leaving a talk page message in the wrong place), I'd like to know about it so I can clean things up (remove the spam or move the message to my talk page).

I'm okay with it just being root pages, but I'd prefer it include subpages. Would it be possible to make it an option? (No notification/ notification for root pages/ notification for root and subpages)

Subpages included will be great if it is possible to let user exclude some pages, as some subpages are designed to be edited by others (so we have template unlocked userpage). For a page with this template, user should not be notified if someone edit their pages.

Legoktm removed subtasks: T2454: E-mail notification (EN) for page changes of watch-listed pages, user_talk page, and for new pages, T4014: Patchlet 1: ENotif code clean-up patch for REL1_5 - revisited.Feb 20 2022, 7:41 PM

MusikAnimal added a subscriber: MusikAnimal.Feb 23 2022, 9:21 PM

In T3876#7723340, @Legoktm wrote:

This was #2 on the 2022 survey: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2022/Anti-harassment/Notifications_for_user_page_edits and adding a new notification is actually pretty straightforward, so I'll give this a shot.

Thanks for taking this on!

A few people asked for subpages too, I think we should start with the root user page only and see what people think (if you think user subpages would be useful, please speak up). The notification will be bundled, like talk pages, so if 2 people edit it quickly, the notification will say "2 people edited your user page" rather than getting 2 notifications. And we can keep the same logic as talk page notifications, if a bot edits it as minor, then it'll be ignored.

I personally agree and think we should start with just the base userpages. Many people construct drafts and collaborate on subpages, and they'll probably want a way to turn that off but still keep notifications for the base userpage.

Community-Tech will be around to help with code review, user coordination, etc., as needed :)

MusikAnimal moved this task from New & TBD Tickets to Following on the Community-Tech board.Feb 23 2022, 9:23 PM

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In T3876#7733608, @MusikAnimal wrote:

Community-Tech will be around to help with code review, user coordination, etc., as needed :)

Could Community-Tech please answer the questions in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Echo/+/371738 ? Thanks in advance!

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