Help:Notifications/Glossary

Elements in italics in the following definitions are entries of that glossary.

Structure and types

 * Notification
 * A notification is a short message warning you about an event. There is types>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|different types of notifications.


 * Badge
 * Badges are the color icons with a number, which warn you about new or unread notifications. There is the red badge for Alerts and the blue badge for Notices.
 * Badges are grey when you don't have unread notifications or unread but not new notifications.


 * Alert
 * Alert notifications are the most important notifications you need to know about, more important than notices. They are concerning you directly and most of them will need an action from you. There is types>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|different types of alerts.


 * Notice
 * Notices notifications are less important notifications than alerts. They concern you, but don't require an immediate action in theory. There is types>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|different types of notices. In some languages, "Notice" is translated by "Notification".


 * Flyout
 * Name of the panel displayed when you click on a badge. That flyout contains alerts or notices depending on which badge you have clicked. Other names: "panel" or "dropdown"


 * Notification header
 * Notification header shows you the main information about the notification, the title. That header is in bold. (types>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|more information)


 * Notification body
 * Notification body shows you details to complete the Notification header. That information is sometimes optional. (types>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types|more information)


 * Collapsed notifications
 * In some cases, similar notifications may be grouped to preserve space in the flyout. An arrow allows you to open that group to see all details.


 * Cross-wiki notifications
 * Cross-wiki notifications are displayed on both flyouts, and regroup notifications from other Wikimedia Foundation hosted wikis. By this way, you can receive notifications about Commons when you are on Wikisource. (xwn>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Cross-wiki|know more)


 * Description


 * Three-dots menu
 * The three dots menu hides more informations and other items that can be useful to take action.
 * The three dots menu is optional and is sometimes not displayed.

Notifications status

 * Unread
 * Read
 * Unread notifications are highlighted by a different background and a blue dot.
 * Read notifications have a lighter grey background and a grey circle.


 * Blue dot
 * Grey circle
 * A blue dot allows you to mark notifications as read by clicking on it.
 * When a notification is marked as read, the blue dot change to be a grey circle. You can click on the blue dot to mark that notification as unread.

Other

 * unsubscribed


 * Instance


 * topic


 * summary


 * highlight


 * Mention
 * >> See Special:MyLanguage/Help:Notifications/Notifications_types


 * Primary link


 * Secondary links


 * Special:Notifications
 * That personal special page groups all notifications received. (know more)