Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceWatchList

What is WatchListthe Watchlist?

BlueSpiceWatchList improves on standard MediaWiki watchlist functionality and adapts it to the BlueSpice environment.

You With the watchlist, you can mark pages that are important to you. In addition to its function as a bookmark, you can also receive notifications when a page on your watchlist changes.

This functionality is provided by the extension BlueSpiceWatchList. It improves on standard MediaWiki watchlist functionality and adapts it to the BlueSpice environment.

Adding a page

Button to watch/unwatch the page

In the title section of a page, you can watch and then unwatch a pageadd the page to your watchlist:

1. Click on

hollow star - just outlined - means that the page is not currently being watched by the user, and clicking this button will

Click Watch to add the page to the

user's watchlist.full star - means that the page is being watched by the user, and clicking on this button will remove the page from the watchlist (unwatch)

watchlist. The link description switches to Unwatch. Click Unwatch to remove the list from your watchlist.

Automatic additions

In addition to manually marking a page as " watched", there are several ways a page can be added to the watchlist automatically. For example, whenever you create or edit a page, that page can be added to the watchlist. You can change what actions add a page to your watchlist the options for this in the Watchlist settings in your Preferences.

Settings

To manage the checklist, go to your user menu. Click Preferences and select the tab Watchlist. Here you can set what pages are automatically added to or shown on your watchlist. In addition, you can manage your watchlist:

• Edit watchlist: Links to the maintenance pages for the watchlist.
• Display options: Default settings for showing pages in your watchlist that have recently changed.
  • You can set 3-90 days of page changes.
  • You can set 250-1000 watchlist results.
• Advanced options: Settings for automatically adding pages to the watchlist or hiding page changes from the watchlst.
• Watchlist token: The token can be used to create a public RSS feed to your watchlist. Anyone who knows this token can access the feed. The syntax for the feed URL is: https://[YourWikiDomain]/w/api.php?action=feedwatchlist&wlowner=[USERNAME]&wltoken=[TOKEN]

Viewing the watchlist

Accessing the watchlist Watchlist page

You can click on your watchlist in the user profile menu . This link leads to a dialog window with a sortable view of all pages on the special page Special:Watchlist. Pages that have been changed since the last time user visited them will appear in bold. All pages can be marked as "read" by clicking the "Mark all pages visited" button that will appear if such pages exist. :

This opens an overlay with a sortable view of your watchlist directly on the current page.

From this overlay display, you can switch to the classic view of the watchlist. This loads the special page Special:Watchlist:

At the top of the Watchlist page are some important edit links:

• View relevant changes: This is the default watchlist page. It displays the filter menu with the legend.
• View and edit watchlist: Here you can delete entries from your watchlist.
• Edit raw watchlist: Loads ane editable list of the page names only.
• Clear the watchlist: Loads a page that clears your watchlist in the next step. Clicking this link will not clear the watchlist yet.

Notifications

You can get notifications about all changes on that page.

To receive notifications, go to your Preferences and open the Notifications tab:

• Entity actions on watched pages: Page was edited or deleted.
• Comments on watched entities: A discussion comment was added or changed.

Sidebar widget

Preferences for Watchlist widget

BlueSpiceWatchlist also provides a widget to display the list of pages in the watchlist in The watchlist is, by default, included in the user sidebar. This list can be configured from UserPreferences, under BlueSpice section:

• Limit of entries - number of pages to show in the widget
• Sort by - criteria by which to sort pages in the watchlist

See also

Reference page for this extension.

Related info

• Reference:BlueSpiceWatchList