⚠️This task is in a draft state; it needs to be discussed with Editing Engineering before it can be worked on.//
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This task is a technical investigation intended to help us form an accurate and exhaustive understanding of the discussion-specific notifications people currently receive.
=== Background
Understanding what discussion-specific notification people receive and how they receive them is key to understanding the efficacy and impact of these notifications. [i]
=== Investigation
//This section contains the questions we would like to be able to answer as a result of this investigation.//
**Wikitext talk pages**
- What are all the //actions// that could cause someone to be notified?
- How is each notification delivered? //E.g. via Echo? via email? via email and Echo?//
- How is each notification configured by default? //Asked differently: What value is set by default in [Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo)?//
- What options do people have to customize/affect the delivery of each notification? //Asked differently: What potential "preference values" can people set?//
**Flow talk pages**
- What are all the //actions// that could cause someone to be notified?
- How is each notification delivered? //E.g. via Echo? via email? via email and Echo?//
- How is each notification configured by default? //Asked differently: What value is set by default in [Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo)?//
- What options do people have to customize/affect the delivery of each notification? //Asked differently: What potential "preference values" can people set?//
=== Open questions
- [ ] What – if any – other discussion interfaces should we research?
=== Done
- [ ] All "Open questions" are answered
- [ ] All questions within the "Investigation" section are answered //and// documented
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i. Understanding the efficacy and impact of the way discussion-specific notifications are currently implemented will happen in T258817.