Thread:Talk:New editor engagement/Watchlists/reply (2)

Hi, there is already en:Wikipedia:Integrated, interwiki, global watchlists as a starting point. It was hoped that Echo would provide a step in that direction (Serving as a "global watchlist" isn't the effective purpose of the design but it ends up being a side-effect - Thread:Talk:Echo_(Notifications)/Bundling_and_expiry), but from Echo/Feature_requirements it seems not. I suppose a MediaWiki page may help pull some issues together for a wider rethink of watchlists... (Bugzilla bugs are an absolutely terrible way to discuss complex issues like this) but really it needs some developer attention (eg to clarify technical issues and choices), otherwise it's just blowing in the wind. Given how long it's been in the waiting, I rather think it needs WMF support to happen. If some assurance of WMF support were given, I'm sure we'd be overrun with volunteers to organise a discussion on what people want!

PS on the "what other things might people want", see eg en:Wikipedia:VPR, which is actually what prompted me to have another look at the status of watchlist developments.