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Oct 30 2013, 5:22 AM
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Rather than using sitenotices/centralnotices, Echo could be used to send a global notification to all users, which they mark read once and it goes away (stored system-side instead of in a cookie).
Users could enable/disable in their Echo preferences just like anything else.
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Good idea with wide range of applications.
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Linking to the mockup by Geraki so people don't have to click through the mailing list post:
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romaine.wiki
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Certainly a good idea.
I see currently two ways of receiving information by communities on their wikis:
CentralNotice: too many notices will result in banner blindness and blocking notices as they are very disturbing often on every page.
Posting in central discussion/notifications page on a wiki: a lot of users will see that notice but also many users do not see them.
To me there is a gap between CentralNotice messages on one side and on the other hand the postings in central discussion/notifications page. I think we should get a way to notify every user targeted just as with the CentralNotice: if needed geo specific, translated, etc but isn't shown as big banner on every page. The Echo system seems a good way to fill that gap.
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The WMF core features team tracks this bug on Mingle card
, but people from the community are welcome to contribute here and in Gerrit.
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Any Updates here? This function would be relly nice, especially for small projects.
Sitenotice is actually outdated and needs a proper replacement. Using Echo is definitely the best solution.
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Good idea but unclear when Collaboration team will get to this. If someone picks this up, talk to us about a spec.
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Yeah, there are a number of questions to figure out here:
Who has permission to create a sitewide notification?
How do they turn it on?
How do they turn it off?
If a sitewide notification is turned off, does the notification item disappear for everyone who hasn't seen it?
How many can you have running at a time?
Do they expire?
Can people opt out of receiving sitewide notifications?
It's totally possible to do this, it just needs some thought to figure out the details.
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Thanks for your answers.
Beforehand: Sorry for my bad english.
Who has permission to create a sitewide notification? How do they turn it on? How do they turn it off?
Ideally there should be a special page where authorized users (with a special right) can set new notifications. I made an example graphic:
In smaller wikis admins should have access to that page by default. Nevertheless there should be a possibility for the server admin to give that special right to certain groups via localsettings.php.
The special page should contain a box where the admin can set up the notification with a limited amount of words (Bold/Italic/Links are allowed).
If a sitewide notification is turned off, does the notification item disappear for everyone who hasn't seen it?
Yeah, it should.
Do they expire?
Maybe it's possible to set a expiring time (with a maximum of XY days) via the special page (see example).
How many can you have running at a time?
Personally, I would not set a limit by default since this function is not designed for extensive usage. Nevertheless it should be configurable via localsettings.php
Can people opt out of receiving sitewide notifications?
Mhh, thats a tough one... I think they should.
I think this feature has huge potential and we should give it a try :)
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Is there any progress? :)
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Any updates on this? It would be awesome!
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