Last modified: 2012-10-07 21:29:05 UTC
Could user preferences for en.wiki be modified to add a preference for changing the way unwatched changes are displayed? Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Watchlist survey established that unwatched changes highlighting should be off by default, but that a preference should be available to add it. I would suggest adding options for bolding and an underscore, as those had the most support, with a link to Wikipedia:Customizing watchlists for further modifications.
You mean unvisited? Because unwatched pages or not on the watchlist... Just wikilinks for the pages of comment 0: * [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Watchlist survey]] * [[Wikipedia:Customizing watchlists]]
(In reply to comment #1) > You mean unvisited? Because unwatched pages or not on the watchlist... Yes, that's what I meant. Thank you!
The Foundation design team does not believe in preference proliferation and we recommend that this not be done (we actually want to remove preferences when possible, as they create a confusing experience). Accordingly, we are not going to spend any resources on this request. If the community wishes this to be implemented, it can (and should) be done with a gadget that can be enabled by users or by the enwiki community. It is further our believe that watchlist bolding should be enabled by default (as it is a feature of MediaWiki), and that any gadget to disable the functionality should not be turned on globally. However, that is a community decision.
(In reply to comment #3) > The Foundation design team does not believe in preference proliferation and we > recommend that this not be done (we actually want to remove preferences when > possible, as they create a confusing experience). Accordingly, we are not > going to spend any resources on this request. > > If the community wishes this to be implemented, it can (and should) be done > with a gadget that can be enabled by users or by the enwiki community. > > It is further our believe that watchlist bolding should be enabled by default > (as it is a feature of MediaWiki), and that any gadget to disable the > functionality should not be turned on globally. However, that is a community > decision. Okay, I was told that this would happen by someone on en.wiki (someone else told me to file this bug). A gadget request has been added. Thanks for getting to my request.
