Extension:NotifyCategoryTalkOnEdit

This extension addresses the issue where watching a category page will not notify you of additions to the category. When a new page is created or an existing page is edited, this extension will see which categories the page is in, and then add a notification to the talk pages of those categories. If the category page is on the user's watchlist, they'll be notified by whatever means they have chosen in their preferences.

Download instructions
Please cut and paste the code snippets found below and place them in,  , and.

Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation
To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

Optionally, add configuration parameters to LocalSettings.php to disable certain notifications.

Configuration parameters

 * - Default: .  Set to   to disable notifications for new pages in a category.
 * - Default: .  Set to   to disable notifications for page modifications in a category.

Issues

 * This extension can be very useful for a small wiki, but the category talk pages can get crowded if there are many modifications. They will need to be cleaned up periodically.


 * The extension should check for minor edits and mark its own edits as minor. A user who doesn't wish to see minor edits, then, shouldn't see the notifications.  However, although this is implemented in the code, users still seem to see all notifications...