• Site owners, admins and mods: all traffic on the whole site.
• Site members: new pages only (not edits).
• Page creator or editor: all traffic on that page.
• Page commentor: all traffic on that page.

I'm not sure about the site members getting new pages. That could be dropped.

Agreed.

I think that the best way to have it would be to only have people watch the things that they create. So that means that they don't auto-watch sites they join, but they do watch sites that they create, and pages that they create, edit or comment on.

Yes, and I think this should be automatic and not configured. That was the goal of design:2, partly.

OK… so… maybe a next step is to just remove this option and change to a more sensible default from design:2:

• Site owners, admins and mods: all traffic on the whole site.
• Site members: new pages only (not edits).
• Page creator or editor: all traffic on that page.
• Page commentor: all traffic on that page.

I'm not sure about the site members getting new pages. That could be dropped.

This is all one option: [_] Auto-watch sites I create or join, pages I create, edit or comment.

I think that the best way to have it would be to only have people watch the things that they create. So that means that they don't auto-watch sites they join, but they do watch sites that they create, and pages that they create, edit or comment on.

The problem being, that to set it up that way it's a bit more complicated than changing a simple setting's default value.

I have a feeling that there was an extensive discussion about the best way to do exactly that… but the only page I can find that remotely mentions this would be this page on the design blog (read the comments, not the design itself). I think there's a better reference somewhere…

Something like:

Watch sites:
[_] That I create [_] That I join
Watch pages
[_] That I create [_] That I edit [_] That I post a comment to

Wikidot is amazing… yet there are so many things that I and others want :) If only I had the money to pledge more at the roadmap site, I could show how much I appreciate the work you're doing.

OK, allow me to be explicit: I gave you a stripe, more than earned.

Oh =0 I didn't realise that… thanks! :)

Why would you say you don't have a stripe? :-)

OK, allow me to be explicit: I gave you a stripe, more than earned.

Right-clicking: on a user name or icon, and see a small menu, "Send message / Send thanks / See profile". Easier and more obvious than going to the profile page first.

Why would you say you don't have a stripe? :-)

Because I was only ever awarded a Black Belt (very first person to be added to the list when it was on your blog, I'm proud to say XD)

I like the idea of building this into Wikidot itself, being able to send a Thank you directly from the user interface. Right click, type message, Enter. Do you want to chuck a couple of ideas into the design wiki? Also, I think the black belt site can gently be phased out in favour of the superguru karma, when we roll that out.

Not sure what you mean with right-clicking. Where would someone right-click from?

I was saying that someone would click on a user's name and the pop-up profile would appear: leiger, and from that profile would be a link next to "send private message", that says "thank this user" or something similar. You had something different, involving right-clicks, in mind?

And despite people seeming to think that I have several stripes, I've still only got a black belt XD So that just goes to show how (not) often people visit the site and read it.

Why would you say you don't have a stripe? :-)

I like the idea of building this into Wikidot itself, being able to send a Thank you directly from the user interface. Right click, type message, Enter. Do you want to chuck a couple of ideas into the design wiki? Also, I think the black belt site can gently be phased out in favour of the superguru karma, when we roll that out.

And I forgot all about the Black Belt site. To be honest, I don't really think it has that much of an impact. I have to actually remember to use it — if there was a similar system built-in to wikidot itself, it'd be much easier to use (click on user's name, click on "thank this user", and done! They get PMed with a link to the page you thanked them from)

And despite people seeming to think that I have several stripes, I've still only got a black belt XD So that just goes to show how (not) often people visit the site and read it.

I'm so happy… I made some weird colourful "thank you" message :)