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Now, let's try using special options in [[Special:SpecialPages]] in place to <code>title</code> | Now, let's try using special options in [[Special:SpecialPages]] in place to <code>title</code> | ||
* <code>Special:NewPages</code> will successfully subscribe to only showing newly created pages! | * <code>Special:NewPages</code> will successfully subscribe to only showing newly created pages! | ||
* <code>Special:Watchlist/YOURNAME</code> will subscribe to a user's watchlist. | |||
* Perhaps you can discover more..?! | * Perhaps you can discover more..?! | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 27 April 2020
You may subscribe to changes in this wiki via RSS/Atom feeds without an account.
There seems to be no documentation on this process. You just guess until it works.
Learn how to discover new sorts of useful feeds farther down the page...
Examples:
- Subscribe to New Pages Created. Useful to avoid New User creation spam.
https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=atom&action=history
- Subscribe to changes on a specific wiki page.
https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=EXAMPLE&feed=atom&action=history
- Subscribe to contributions from a specific user.
https://www.noisebridge.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=EXAMPLE&feedformat=atom
Adding new Subscription options for this Wiki
- We could extend RSS feed options using our RSSBridge. See wikipedia example.
- IFTTT integration details for Mediawiki instances as developed in 2016.
- Mediawiki-Feeds is a tool designed to make it easier to subscribe to categories on a Mediawiki installation like ours. Try it out here.
Discovering feeds on this wiki the painful way
To discover new and improved feeds, start with our basic subscription url for the wiki at:
note: It is listed on our "history" page and hidden annoyingly on the main page.
https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Noisebridge&feed=atom&action=history
- The
titleis the page watched.- Substitute title with whatever page name you want, such as
Guilds
- Substitute title with whatever page name you want, such as
&action=is letting us track the history of changes&feed=atomis turning this into a subscription feed.
Now, let's try using special options in Special:SpecialPages in place to title
Special:NewPageswill successfully subscribe to only showing newly created pages!Special:Watchlist/YOURNAMEwill subscribe to a user's watchlist.- Perhaps you can discover more..?!