This version of preferences is displayed to users who have the new UX on RC page and Watchlist (either because they've opted into the beta or, down the road, because these are standard or, in the interim, a combination of the two).
The many small changes made in the new design to wording and layout are too numerous to note individually. So, for layout of the page, see the screenshot below, under "**Layout**." And to get correct wording, copy and paste the text in the "**Wording**" section. (Copy and paste is safest because so many, many small wording changes have been made.)
=Functionality
This section will single out for description only the functions and behavior which change in the preference consolidation. I.e., unless discussed, functionality will be the same as previous to consolidation. It's important to read each item carefully, because even elements that appear to be the same from one version to the next may have slightly different behavior (or titles) in different versions of these preferences. All such differences have been noted.
===Number of edits to show section
- Number of edits becomes a section of its own.
- As before (though it was not fully stated), this control sets the default number of changes to show on History, Contributions & Logs pages. RC page, however, is no longer covered by this control (and WL always had a separate setting).
- We will set a new maximum number for all these pages of 500.
- The header reads "Number of Edits to show on History, Contributions & Logs"
===Revision Scoring on Contributions page section
- On ORES wikis, Revision Scoring becomes its own section,
- This section, which controls the "classic ORES" features, appears on ORES-enabled wikis only.
- The controls apply to all pages on which Classic ORES is available. On this version of preferences, this is Contributions only.
- The section title reflects that: "Revision Scoring on Contributions page"
- A new subline describes the controls. The subline contains the word "ORES," which links to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ORES
===Watchlist section
- All Watchlist preferences that pertain to filter settings have been removed.
- Note: as now, the option "Always add pages I review to my watchlist" appears only for users who have the reviewer right. This option has been reworded, however.
- ONCE THE NEW UX ON WATCHLIST HAS GRADUATED OUT OF BETA a new preference for "Hide the improved version of Watchlist" appears. !![Since we will be consolidating preferences before WL gets out of beta, should all of this bit be a separate ticket? Or can it be included, but with a test?!!When a user selects this:
- Watchlist is rolled back to the pre-beta version.
- The Monitoring Changes preferences page reloads to display whichever of the 4 versions of the page is appropriate to that user, based on where she now does or doesn't have the new UX.
- If relevant (meaning if the user had the new UX but then opted out of it), all the user's Watchlist page preferences are retrieved from their hidden storage places, re-established and displayed.
===Recent Changes section
- All the old preferences are removed.
- A new preference for "Hide the improved version of Recent Changes" appears. When a user selects this:
- RC page is rolled back to the pre-beta version.
- The Monitoring Changes preferences page reloads to display whichever of the 4 versions of the page is appropriate to that user, based on where she now does or doesn't have the new UX.
- All the user's former RC page preferences are retrieved from their hidden storage places, re-established and displayed.
- (As now, there is a preference that shows u only if you have the reviewer right: Show the difference between the accepted and latest revisions when viewing the latest pending revision)
=Layout
=Wording