Hi there, I created a Request for comments[1] and a corresponding Phabricator Task[2] regarding a feature that enables users to watch categories for page additions and removals. If you are interested in this topic or somehow involved in Extension:Echo or watchlist features, feel free to participate in the discussion. Cheers, Kai [1]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Watch_Categorylinks [2]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T94414

I already noticed the extension, but decided not to enhance it. As you already said, it hasn't been touched in a long time. In fact, there are some minor issues in the code that would need to be fixed. Apart from that, it's using a different hook (OnArticleSave) and a diff mechanism to determine the added/removed categories. It's also sending notification mails on its own instead of using Extension:Echo or the job queue. The feature for having personal categories (Category:Automatically watched by USER_NAME) seems quite useful for custom mediawiki installations, but shouldn't be available in Wikimedia projects. If we went ahead and changed all this, there wouldn't be much left of what it was. The extension would also depend on Echo, so people who are using it in their own mediawiki installations would need to install Echo in order to be able to upgrade. Cheers, Kai Am 30.03.2015 um 19:05 schrieb Aran: now. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Watch_Categorylinks -- Kai Nissen Software-Entwickler Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l