#589 Enable namespace watches in MediaWiki
Closed: Fixed None Opened 15 years ago by jkeating.

It would be really useful to be able to watch entire namespaces worth of wiki pages. This would be helpful when trying to keep sections clean from mis-edits and from new pages being created inappropriately.


+100 to this request. This might also be called "wildcard watchlist". I discussed this with Ian Weller before and during the migration. We're hoping there is a plugin that does this.

In the meantime we have been discussing other ways to achieve wider watchlists. One method is to watch the entire RSS feed, which includes a full diff, and filter using your own regular expressions. We're working on this and other ideas at:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Watchlist_How_To

If you're watching a lot of pages it is probably easier to do via email vs. web interface
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/707

I'm going to assign this to ianweller and see what he thinks.

ian, is this possible? already done?

Ping? Any updates on how feasible this is?

This is not feasible in MediaWiki. I'm working on a client program to replace this functionality.

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