Forum:Blog article feature feedback

Starting a topic for the Blog article feature because one doesn't seem to exist yet. Anyways, it would be lovely if blog articles I created via the special page would be added to my watchlist or not according to my regular watchlist preferences (under "articles I created"), just in case an admin comes in and edits it. Also, a separate checkbox to "Watch articles I commented on" would be lovely. -Afker All hail AliceSoft! 19:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestions :) These two features are indeed planned. 17:35, 29 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I would be interested in testing this extension, or at least being one of the first wikis for implementation. I have a concern about the RSS though. Let's say I use this feature to create news postings, yet I also use it to write an op-ed, while in the meantime someone is using the RSS tracking to monitor the news postings. Is my op-ed going to show up in that RSS? --LordTBT Talk! 22:04, 31 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Bumping. --LordTBT Talk! 00:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Unsure about the RSS issue. Which wiki are you proposing it for use on? Should be able to sort that out :) 16:24, 29 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Redwall. -- LordTBT Talk! 04:35, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * An explanation of the RSS would help too; would it be possible for example to only track blogs that have "News:" in the title of the postings, etc? It's a big concern. -- LordTBT Talk! 05:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * RSS update: as far as I recall, it's only for user blog pages - for example, http://swfanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Kirkburn has an associated feed just for my blog posts. I can put it live whenever, just give me a prod on my user page when you're around and I'll set it up (assuming I'm around too :P ) 15:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

And now I have some feedback. :) When previewing a blog posting before submitting, the categories are not all displayed. -- LordTBT Talk! 20:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Not sure what you mean by that - categories aren't shown at all, except in the special category box, when previewing a post. 18:27, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * At the bottom of the page. Example: I create an Article, add some categories, and press preview. In the preview, the categories are at the bottom of the page. When I preview a blog post the categories are not at the bottom of the page. -- LordTBT Talk! 19:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah right, I think I see what you mean now. Yup, this is something that is likely to change. 19:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * And some more feedback (just occurred to me): a "preview comment" button! -- LordTBT Talk! 04:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Good idea - I've noted it down for the future. 15:46, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Not able to comment
On Marvel, several other Sysops have told me that they are unable to comment on others' blogs. I can, but I have helper rights too. I haven't heard from any non-sysop users about this problem yet.

&mdash; Nathan (Peteparker) (Earth-1218) (talk &bull; contribs &bull; email) 23:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Another thing...
Is it possible to change which categories appear in the 'selectable' categories when creating a new blog post? The issue I'm having is some users are selecting categories that blog posts should not go in, and then of course I can't edit the post to remove them because it thinks I'm spamming. -- LordTBT Talk! 23:47, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I can imagine that's a pain: We're planning on replacing that category chooser fairly soon, and hopefully that "spam" bug won't be around much longer. 16:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Some more feedback
When blog articles are in categories, they don't seem to be counted. E.g., you don't know how many there are. Example: --<font color="Green">LordTBT  <font color="Green" size="2">Talk! 05:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Reporting it, thanks. 15:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)