To receive notifications, you first need to subscribe. Notifications are meant to inform about very specific events in a single context (e.g., page approvals in a particular namespace).
A note for wiki administrators:If you are an administrator and need to monitor the entire wiki, it is more efficient to habitually check the overview pages that show all changes in the wiki (e.g., the pages for Recent changes or the Quality overview page for the approval status of all pages) That way, you can avoid beeing flooded with notifications.
Subscription options
Setting
Receive notifications for
get notified:
Namespace: if pages change in a namespace. To get notifiied about multiple namespaces, you need to create separate subscriptions.
Category: if pages change in a category. To get notifiied about multiple categories, you need to create separate subscriptions. Subcategories are also not included in a category subscriptions. They each require their own notification.
Watchlist: if pages change that are on your watchlist.
Assigned pages: if pages change that are on your assignments list.
Type of notifications
Low-frequency: create / move / delete page; edit / delete discussion or blog topic / comment
High-frequency: edit page; create blog post or discussion topic; create blog or discussion comment
If a user has unread notifications, the bell symbol in the top toolbar shows the number of new notifications. Clicking the notification symbols opens a mega menu with the most recent notifications.
Link to the notifications page
At the end of the notifications is a link to view all notifications. Clicking this link opens the Notification Center.
Notifications page
The following features are available:
1 - Notifications filter: The filter lists notifications by page. Clicking on a page name will only show the notifications for that page.
2 - Status tab: You can view all notifications as well as read or unread notifications.
3 - Settings menu: Here you can go to the settings page to choose the type of notifications you want to receive.
4 - Notification: Clicking on a notification will mark it as read. Alternatively, you can click the blue status icon. Read notifications are marked with a dark background and a blank status icon.
