https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38796
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Bug #: 38796
Summary: Set "E-mail me when a page or file on my watchlist is
changed" (enotifwatchlistpages) to true by default for
new users
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: shell
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Site configuration
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: federicol...@tiscali.it
CC: benap...@gmail.com, ja...@jdforrester.org,
roan.katt...@gmail.com, swall...@wikimedia.org,
wikimedia.b...@snowolf.eu
Depends on: 28026
Classification: Unclassified
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This is the (hopefully) last split from bug 28026.
This preference is not true by default in our config, nor in the default
MediaWiki config, which doesn't make much sense; I checked inspired by
something jdforrester wrote me: «I assumed that when I created an account
"e-mail me about pages I watch" was switched on, as per most other instances
nowadays». They should indeed!
So, the plan is still the same as in bug 28026 comment 60 by Roan, except that
$wgEnotifWatchlist is currently true:
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1) Add (or hack in) a MW config var that makes it so the enotifwatchlistpages
preference is visible, but not functional (i.e. enabling it doesn't actually
cause e-mails to be sent). This will stop watchlist e-mail notifs (similar to
disabling $wgEnotifWatchlist) but preserve the preference
2) Enable this config var
3) Compile a list of users that have the preference enabled
4) Set $wgDefaultUserOptions['enotifwatchlistpages'] = 1; . The preference is
now enabled for all users, but because it's not functional, there is no deluge
of e-mail notifications overwhelming our mail system
5) Using a maintenance script, set the preference to 0 for each user
individually, excluding users that already had it enabled (from the list made
in step 3) and invalidating the user cache for each user that it touches.
Running this will probably take a while (a few hours?) on a large wiki like
enwiki
6) Undo step 2 (disable the config var). The preference is now functional again
and enabled for the same set of users, but it will now also be enabled by
default for new users
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This seemed to be harder than bug 36316 as first step, but unlike bug 36316 it
can't possibly give any problem with bots as long as their watchlists are
empty, and it won't affect existing users (or whatever subset of them we
choose) thanks to the maintenance script.
New users will still have to manually enable enotifwatchlist but won't have to
understand the watchlist before starting to use it...
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