User talk:Blackjack48~mediawikiwiki/GSOC proposal for watchlist improvements

Aaron, please link to your previous coding experience, especially in MediaWiki. http://www.sociotopia.com/wiki/watchlist_unwatch.patch for example. And please come into IRC to discuss your proposal! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator (talk) 14:36, 5 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Interesting proposal. I will admit that I only just skimmed, but I do hope you're able to successfully redesign the watchlist system. Heaven knows it's in need of some TLC and updating. Killiondude (talk) 05:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Some questions
Can a watchlist item only be in one group?

Should other people be able to see and share my watchgroups?

What will be the ongoing maintenance requirements of this sort of feature?

Thanks, Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator (talk) 10:59, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Similar project
Have you seen this? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bagariavivek/GSoC_Application

--Bodnotbod (talk) 19:38, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

User names containing "/"
How would "Special:Watchlist/{username}/{group name}" work in case "{username}" is "Foo/bar" and " {group name}" is "this/that"? What if there are users with both the usernames "Foo" and "Foo/bar"? Helder 02:53, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Auto Refresh
Would it be possible to have a way to make the watchlist update itself each NNN seconds, so that the user can just keep a tab open with the watchlist, without needing to reload the page every time? Helder 03:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)