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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.
[[File:DiscussNotify.png|thumb|300px|right|Discussions notifications]][[File:AnnouncementNotification.png|thumb|300px|right|An announcement notification]][[File:Message wall notifications 1.png|thumb|300px|right|Forum and Message Wall notifications]][[File:Notifications.png|thumb|right|Various types of messages that may display in the lower right corner]]
 
'''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.
 
   
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[[File:FD notifications.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Notifications]]
== Discussions and Announcements ==
 
 
Notifications appear in a dropdown menu when hovering the 'bell' icon, on the bottom left 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.
Notifications from [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]] and [[Help:Announcements|Announcements]] are shown when you hover on the 'bell' icon dropdown.
 
   
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This notification dropdown contains notifications from all communities. Notifications are divided between Fandom and Gamepedia wikis, with tabs for each set of notifications. They are triggered from the following:
You will automatically receive a notification in there if any of the following actions take place:
 
* A user upvotes your posts or replies.
 
* There is a new reply on a post that you are following, on any community.
 
* There is an announcement created on a 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.
Notifications on the 'bell' icon are sorted chronologically. They can be dismissed individually (without following the link) by clicking on the icon at the left of each notification. They can be dismissed as a group by using the "Mark all as read" option at the top left of the list.
 
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*'''[[Help:Discussions|Discussions]]''', triggered by:
 
**Someone upvoting your posts or replies.
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**Someone replying to a post that you are following.
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**Someone @-mentioning you.
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*'''[[Help:Message Wall|Message Walls]]''', triggered by:
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**Someone posting on your own Message Wall.
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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 ==
== Forum and Message Wall ==
 
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[[File:AnnouncementNotification.png|thumb|300px|right|An announcement notification]]
Forum and Message Wall notifications are shown when you hover on the 'speech bubble' icon dropdown. You will automatically receive a notification there if any of the following actions take place:
 
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Within the [[Help:Fandom app|Fandom app]], Message Wall, talk page, and comment-related notifications do not populate.
* Another user posts on your [[Help:Message Wall|Message Wall]] on any community.
 
* There is a new reply on a [[Help:Forum|Forum]] thread that you are following, on any community.
 
 
Notifications on the 'speech bubble' icon are sorted according to the community they came from. They can be dismissed as a group by using the "Mark all as read" option at the bottom of the list.
 
 
== Other messages ==
 
You will automatically receive a notification in the lower right if any of the following actions take place:
 
* Your [[Help:Talk pages|user talk page]] on any community is edited.
 
* An [[Help:User access levels#Administrators|admin]] updates the [[Help:Community messages|Community Corner]] of the community you are currently viewing.
 
* You receive an [[Help:Achievements|achievement badge]] on the community you are currently viewing.
 
* A new message from [[Help:Community Team|Fandom Staff]] is created.
 
 
This type of notification can be dismissed by clicking the "X" in the upper right corner of the notice.
 
   
 
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! 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 ==
 
* Learn how to edit your [[Help:Toolbar|toolbar]]
 
* Learn how to edit your [[Help:Toolbar|toolbar]]
* Learn about [[Help:WikiActivity|wiki activity]] and [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]]
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* Learn about the [[Help:Social Activity Feed|Social Activity Feed]] and [[Help:Recent changes|recent changes]]
* Learn how to edit the [[Help:Community messages|Community Corner]]
 
   
 
== Further help and feedback ==
 
== Further help and feedback ==
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Revision as of 15:24, 21 August 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.

FD notifications

Notifications

Notifications appear in a dropdown menu when hovering the 'bell' icon, on the bottom left 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. Notifications are divided between Fandom and Gamepedia wikis, with tabs for each set of notifications. 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

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

Further help and feedback