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Bold the watchlist link in personal tools when there are updates
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Similar to LiquidThread's Special:NewMessages link in the personal tools, the link to Special:Watchlist should be bolded when there are updates, as defined by the update markers (i.e. when there are bolded items in Special:Watchlist).

Optionally, there could also be a number showing the count of pages with updates, which could be helpful to spot new unvisited changes (by noting the increase in number).

This was proposed somewhere else already, but I couldn't find a report; I was reminded by mateeyow. Note the proposal to do the converse at T92112, for which however I don't remember past demand/discussions.

See also T8510: Notification of changes to watched pages (watchlist), T94350: Watchlist number count in personal tools

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Nemo_bis created this task.May 2 2015, 10:14 AM
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This was proposed somewhere else already, but I couldn't find a report [...]

This is quite similar to T8510, which I filed in 2006. At the time it was regarded as technically infeasible, though it may be possible to implement now.

Nemo_bis updated the task description. (Show Details)May 4 2015, 6:27 AM
Nemo_bis added subscribers: daniel, kai.nissen.May 4 2015, 6:35 AM

Thanks both for finding the related reports! I think this and the request for a count are two possible implementations of the original request for a notification of some sort, and are compatible with each other.

I suspect bolding might be easier, because it only needs to find the first unvisited page and because it probably hits caches for the user's watchlist (which already needs to look for update markers to bold individual items in Special:Watchlist).

Cc people involved in recent watchlist discussions.

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