In T310641#8181286, @Aklapper wrote:

@Ilovemydoodle Do not add random tags; please read their description first. Thanks.

In T316100#8181281, @Aklapper wrote:

No. What is "with content specified"? Is this a feature request? Is this a bug report? As requested many times now, please ALWAYS completely fill in the templates, or please consider spending your time differently. Thanks.

In T316069#8180957, @Aklapper wrote:

Which MediaWiki version is this about? Please DO include links if applicable. Always. Thanks.

In T316068#8180951, @Aklapper wrote:

Why?

In T316068#8180946, @Aklapper wrote:

Why is uploading to https://test.wikipedia.org/ not sufficient?

In T316067#8180368, @Base wrote:

Local steward flag currently doesn't do much on wikis other than meta.

In T316067#8180368, @Base wrote:

CU is not the only group with access to private data. This should also mean that 2FA is compulsory for test2 crats. That's to begin with.

Local steward flag currently doesn't do much on wikis other than meta.

In T316035#8179935, @Aklapper wrote:

Please provide a self-contained minimal test case.

In T150421#8171070, @MGChecker wrote:

Many users provided arguments above why a solution like this would introduce additional problems both for Wikimedia as a provider and as a new avenue for harassment.

In T150421#8171245, @Aklapper wrote:

In T150421#8171111, @Ilovemydoodle wrote:

How would this be used for harassment?

Hi, did you read this very ticket? See e.g. T150421#3517320.

In T150421#8171070, @MGChecker wrote:

Many users provided arguments above why a solution like this would introduce additional problems both for Wikimedia as a provider and as a new avenue for harassment.

In T150421#8171070, @MGChecker wrote:

Many users provided arguments above why a solution like this would introduce additional problems both for Wikimedia as a provider and as a new avenue for harassment.

As others have pointed out, there are significant differences between my proposal and the it was merged with. So I am re-opening this.

@MGChecker Why?

In T315694#8170539, @Peachey88 wrote:

@Ilovemydoodle Please don't be disruptive to other users by randomly subscribing users by mentioning them.

@Sophivorus Also, this could have been marked as a bug report to avoid confusion.

In T315667#8169992, @Sophivorus wrote:

Sorry, maybe I should have clarified: support for @import is documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles (even though it doesn't work), but the external domains need to be explicitly whitelisted via $wgTemplateStylesAllowedUrls, so there's no security/copyright/reliability risk at all unless the wiki admin is willing to accept it. I just updated the task description to clarify this.

Speedily declined, for many reasons:

1. Security: This would result in a giant mess of potential security violations.
2. Copyright: The copyright of the external website is often unknown.
3. Reliability: External sites could potentially break Wikimedia sites at any time without warning if they changed css files.
4. Not necessary: If there is really good copyright-free css from other websites, we can just copy it to the local site rather than having to access from a potentially unreliable third-party source.

In T272146#8169906, @matmarex wrote:

Luckily, StructuredDiscussions is entirely unrelated to everything we're discussing here. Feel free to try out the beta feature and leave comments about it on its discussion page (not here). Thanks!

In T272146#8169854, @Urbanecm_WMF wrote:

In T272146#8169725, @Ilovemydoodle wrote:

In T272146#8169722, @Ilovemydoodle wrote:

Why only newcomers? I would love this.

Oh wait, this is only for mentored users. I would like if this could be added for all questions asked by all users (assuming they enabled it).

I think the wider Topic Subscriptions project by the Editing-team is what you're looking for. Topic Subscriptions are actually available on the Wikimedia wikis now, but you probably need to enable it first (via your preferences). If you want to try this out, check the "Beta features" tab of your preferences and enable "Discussion Tools" there. After you do that, you should be able to enable Topic Subscriptions in the "Discussion pages" section in the "Editing" tab. Hope this helps!

This task is here for the Growth-Team to integrate Topic Subscriptions with the mentorship features.

In T315685#8169791, @Aklapper wrote:

"Opinions among writers and editors differ on whether to use the serial comma" - thus not a bug. There is no "typo" here.

In T272146#8169722, @Ilovemydoodle wrote:

Why only newcomers? I would love this.

Why only newcomers? I would love this.

In T315685#8169651, @Reedy wrote:

What is a serial comma?

Can you provide an example before and after?