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This task is about changing the default channels (e.g. `Web` / `Email` / `Apps`) through which topic subscription notifications are delivered to **new users**. [i] === Requirements //Functionality// 1. Sign up for a new Wikipedia account 2. Ensure Topic Subscriptions are enabled [i] by visiting `Spécial:Préférences` and verifying the `Enable topic subscription` setting is enabled 3. Visit `Spécial:Préférences#mw-prefsection-echo` 4. Identify the `Talk page subscription` setting 5. Verify the following notification delivery channels besides it are "checked": `Web` and `Email` //Meta// - The functionality above should only impact **new users**, for the time being - The state of the setting should not depend on how Topic Subscriptions became enabled (e.g. by way of turning on the `DiscussionTools` beta feature, by way of Topic Subscriptions already being available by default at the wiki you are creating an account on/through, etc.) === Done - [ ] The default state of the `Talk page subscription` setting within `Spécial:Préférences#mw-prefsection-echo` for all new users is adjusted to match the //"Functionality"// described above --- i. Perhaps we can broaden the scope of this default to existing users in the future. For now, I think it is worthwhile to keep it constrained to avoid the risk that people become overwhelmed.

This task is about changing the default channels (e.g. `Web` / `Email` / `Apps`) through which topic subscription notifications are delivered to **new users**. [i] === Requirements //Functionality// 1. Sign up for a new Wikipedia account 2. Ensure Topic Subscriptions are enabled [i] by visiting `Special:Preferences` and verifying the `Enable topic subscription` setting is enabled 3. Visit `Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo` 4. Identify the `Talk page subscription` setting 5. Verify the following notification delivery channels besides it are "checked": `Web` and `Email` //Meta// - The functionality above should only impact **new users**, for the time being - The state of the setting should not depend on how Topic Subscriptions became enabled (e.g. by way of turning on the `DiscussionTools` beta feature, by way of Topic Subscriptions already being available by default at the wiki you are creating an account on/through, etc.) === Done - [ ] The default state of the `Talk page subscription` setting within `Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo` for all new users is adjusted to match the //"Functionality"// described above --- i. Perhaps we can broaden the scope of this default to existing users in the future. For now, I think it is worthwhile to keep it constrained to avoid the risk that people become overwhelmed.

This task is about changing the default channels (e.g. `Web` / `Email` / `Apps`) through which topic subscription notifications are delivered to **new users**. [i] === Requirements //Functionality// 1. Sign up for a new Wikipedia account 2. Ensure Topic Subscriptions are enabled [i] by visiting `Spé`Special:Préféeferences` and verifying the `Enable topic subscription` setting is enabled 3. Visit `Spéecial:Préféeferences#mw-prefsection-echo` 4. Identify the `Talk page subscription` setting 5. Verify the following notification delivery channels besides it are "checked": `Web` and `Email` //Meta// - The functionality above should only impact **new users**, for the time being - The state of the setting should not depend on how Topic Subscriptions became enabled (e.g. by way of turning on the `DiscussionTools` beta feature, by way of Topic Subscriptions already being available by default at the wiki you are creating an account on/through, etc.) === Done - [ ] The default state of the `Talk page subscription` setting within `Spé`Special:Préféeferences#mw-prefsection-echo` for all new users is adjusted to match the //"Functionality"// described above --- i. Perhaps we can broaden the scope of this default to existing users in the future. For now, I think it is worthwhile to keep it constrained to avoid the risk that people become overwhelmed.