Have we looked into what Wikia is doing? I bet they have something we can use.
http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Notifications
These are bubbles which pop up for the user, but I see some things in their code which suggest you can get them by email. This seems to be all connected in their Oasis / Notifications module, but I could be wrong.
https://svn.wikia-code.com/wikia/trunk/skins/oasis/modules/
Inez wrote a bunch of this so maybe we can ask him.
We've actually talked a lot with Wikia about their notifications system. The week before Christmas, Howie, Brion and I met with them and got a full dump of how their system works and its dependencies. It's pretty fresh, which is why I'm planning on stealing a lot of the design from them.
However, their underlying technology stack makes it pretty difficult for us to re-use their code. It's really dependent upon their local frameworks, and chopping that out may be more effort than just writing from scratch.
