This version of preferences is displayed to users who do NOT have the new UX on RC or Watchlist (meaning they've opted out on both pages or, in the near term, opted out on RC page and never took the beta on WL).
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. (Please note there are many, many small wording changes.)
=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 effects or 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. (WL needs its own preference; no preference is offered for RC page).
- 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 Watchlist and Contributions section
- On ORES wikis, Revision Scoring becomes its own section, and the controls apply to all pages on which it's available.
- This section, which controls the "classic ORES" features, appears on ORES-enabled wikis only.
- A new subline describes the controls. The subline contains the word "ORES," which links to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ORES
- The unified controls here apply to all pages for which ORES is available, except for RC page, which does not get "classic ORES" features.
- On this version of preferences, these are Watchlist and Contributions.
- The section title reflects that: Revision Scoring on Watchlist and Contributions
===Watchlist section
- Most Watchlist preferences are carried forward (but have been reworded and rearranged).
- The "Group changes by page" option for WL was previously available only on RC page, and was a combined setting for both pages. WL now has its on preference.
- Since "Group changes by page" is only relevant when the user selects "Show all changes to a page, not just the latest revision," the function is shown visually as indented under that option.
- The "Number of edits to display when showing all changes" control is also indented under "Show all changes to a page", for the same reason.
- If possible, these controls should be grayed out until the user selects "Show all changes to a page." But if that's not possible, a visual indent will be sufficient.
- 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.)
- ONCE THE NEW UX ON WATCHLIST HAS GRADUATED OUT OF BETA a new preference for "Hide the improved version of Watchlist" appears. 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 does or doesn't have the new UX now.
- All the user's RC page preferences are retrieved from their hidden storage places, re-established and displayed.
=== Pending Changes
- No changes were made to this section.
(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