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{{TOCright}}'''Notifications''' alert you to new messages on Fandom or activity on a specific community. They help in keeping you informed of the latest events related to your community and your account. Notifications may appear in the upper right or lower right of your screen, depending on the feature.
 
{{TOCright}}'''Notifications''' alert you to new messages on Fandom or activity on a specific community. They help in keeping you informed of the latest events related to your community and your account. Notifications may appear in the upper right or lower right of your screen, depending on the feature.
   
== Summary ==
 
 
[[File:UCP notifications.png|thumb|300px|right|Notifications]]
 
[[File:UCP notifications.png|thumb|300px|right|Notifications]]
On wikis, only one notification dropdown is present (the 'bell' icon). These are sorted chronologically, and individual notifications can be dismissed by clicking on the icon at the left of each notification; all notifications can be dismissed at once with the "Mark all as read" option.
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Notifications appear in a dropdown menu when hovering the 'bell' icon, on the top right of all wikis. These notifications are sorted chronologically, and individual notifications can be dismissed by clicking on the icon at the left of each notification. All notifications can be dismissed at once with the "Mark all as read" option.
   
This notification dropdown contains notifications from the following:
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This notification dropdown contains notifications from all communities. They are triggered from the following:
   
 
*'''[[Help:Announcements|Announcements]]''' from any community where you have been active in the past 90 days.
 
*'''[[Help:Announcements|Announcements]]''' from any community where you have been active in the past 90 days.
*'''Discussions''', triggered by:
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*'''[[Help:Discussions|Discussions]]''', triggered by:
**Someone upvoting your posts or replies, on any community.
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**Someone upvoting your posts or replies.
**Someone replying to a post that you are following, on any community.
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**Someone replying to a post that you are following.
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**Someone @-mentioning you.
 
*'''[[Help:Message Wall|Message Walls]]''', triggered by:
 
*'''[[Help:Message Wall|Message Walls]]''', triggered by:
**Someone posting on your own Message Wall, on any community.
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**Someone posting on your own Message Wall.
**Someone replying to any Message Wall thread you have followed, on any community.
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**Someone replying to any Message Wall thread you have followed.
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*'''[[Help:Comments|Comments]]''', when someone replies to a [[Help:Blogs|user blog]] or article comment you are following.
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*'''[[Help:Talk_pages#User_talk_page|User talk pages]]''', when someone posts on your user talk page.
   
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== Notification availability ==
== Discussions and Announcements ==
 
 
[[File:AnnouncementNotification.png|thumb|300px|right|An announcement notification]]
 
[[File:AnnouncementNotification.png|thumb|300px|right|An announcement notification]]
Within the Discussions and Announcements applications (located at <code>/f</code> and <code>[[Help:Announcements#Managing announcements|/announcements]]</code>, respectively), there is a single 'bell' notification dropdown.
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Currently, the full range of notifications are only served on MediaWiki pages via desktop or mobile web browser. Within the Discussions and Announcements applications (located at <code>/f</code> and <code>[[Help:Announcements#Managing announcements|/announcements]]</code>, respectively), Message Wall and talk page notifications do not populate; all other notifications types do appear. Within the [[Help:Fandom app|Fandom app]], Message Wall, talk page, and comment-related notifications do not populate.
 
   
 
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! Duration
 
! Duration
 
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| New reply, upvote, announcement, or direct message
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| New reply, upvote, @-mention, or wall message
| [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]] post, [[Help:Message Wall|Message Wall]] thread, [[Help:Forum|Forum]] thread or [[Help:User page#Talk page|talk page]]
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| [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]] post, [[Help:Message Wall|Message Wall]] thread, [[Help:Comments|Comment]] thread or [[Help:User page#Talk page|talk page]]
 
| Remains until visited or dismissed
 
| Remains until visited or dismissed
 
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| New announcement
| Updated [[Help:Community messages|community message]]
 
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| Announcer's discretion, within the wiki it was announced
| Community Corner on [[Help:WikiActivity|Wiki Activity]]
 
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| Remains until visited or dismissed
| Can be dismissed or disappears 24 hours after the update to Community Corner
 
 
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| New [[Help:Achievements|achievement badge]]
 
| New [[Help:Achievements|achievement badge]]
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| Can be dismissed
 
| Can be dismissed
 
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Lower-right notification bubble colors are the same as button colors, and can be changed by admins in the [[Help:Theme designer|Theme Designer]].
 
   
 
== Next pages ==
 
== Next pages ==

Revision as of 22:41, 24 February 2021

Notifications alert you to new messages on Fandom or activity on a specific community. They help in keeping you informed of the latest events related to your community and your account. Notifications may appear in the upper right or lower right of your screen, depending on the feature.

UCP notifications

Notifications

Notifications appear in a dropdown menu when hovering the 'bell' icon, on the top right of all wikis. These notifications are sorted chronologically, and individual notifications can be dismissed by clicking on the icon at the left of each notification. All notifications can be dismissed at once with the "Mark all as read" option.

This notification dropdown contains notifications from all communities. They are triggered from the following:

  • Announcements from any community where you have been active in the past 90 days.
  • Discussions, triggered by:
    • Someone upvoting your posts or replies.
    • Someone replying to a post that you are following.
    • Someone @-mentioning you.
  • Message Walls, triggered by:
    • Someone posting on your own Message Wall.
    • Someone replying to any Message Wall thread you have followed.
  • Comments, when someone replies to a user blog or article comment you are following.
  • User talk pages, when someone posts on your user talk page.

Notification availability

AnnouncementNotification

An announcement notification

Currently, the full range of notifications are only served on MediaWiki pages via desktop or mobile web browser. Within the Discussions and Announcements applications (located at /f and /announcements, respectively), Message Wall and talk page notifications do not populate; all other notifications types do appear. Within the Fandom app, Message Wall, talk page, and comment-related notifications do not populate.

Summary

Notification Where will it link to? Duration
New reply, upvote, @-mention, or wall message Discussions post, Message Wall thread, Comment thread or talk page Remains until visited or dismissed
New announcement Announcer's discretion, within the wiki it was announced Remains until visited or dismissed
New achievement badge User profile page Can be dismissed or disappears after one page reload
Message from Fandom Staff Varies depending on the message Can be dismissed

Next pages

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