https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38796
--- Comment #1 from Steven Walling <swall...@wikimedia.org> 2012-08-28 23:08:21 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) > 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: > > ---- > > 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 > > ---- > > 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... +1 one to all of Nemo's comments. Please fulfill this request. :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
