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mediawiki/semantic-watchlist
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A Semantic MediaWiki extension that allows users to use a watchlist for semantic properties.

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Semantic Watchlist
==================

[](#semantic-watchlist)

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Semantic Watchlist is an extension to [Semantic MediaWiki](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki) that enables users to watch [semantic properties](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Property) by adding a new watchlist page (Special:SemanticWatchlist) that lists changes to these properties.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

Semantic Watchlist 1.3:

- PHP 7.3 or above
- MediaWiki 1.35 or above
- [Semantic MediaWiki](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki) 3.0 - 4.0
- MySQL 5+ or SQLite 3

Semantic Watchlist 1.2:

- PHP 5.6 - 7.2
- MediaWiki 1.27 - 1.29
- [Semantic MediaWiki](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki) 2.0 - 3.0
- MySQL 5+ or SQLite 3

Semantic Watchlist 1.1:

- PHP 5.3+, including PHP 7 and HHVM
- MediaWiki 1.19 - 1.26
- [Semantic MediaWiki](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki) 2.x (and 1.9.x)
- MySQL 5+ or SQLite 3

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install Semantic Watchlist is by using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) with an entry in MediaWiki's `composer.json`.

```
{
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/semantic-watchlist": "~1.0"
	}
}
```

1. From your MediaWiki installation directory, execute `composer require mediawiki/semantic-watchlist:~1.0`
2. Run `php maintenance/update.php` from your MediaWiki installation directory to create the required database tables.
3. Navigate to *Special:Version* on your wiki and verify that the package have been successfully installed.

For configuration, see the [configuration documentation on MediaWiki.org](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Watchlist).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Users can choose to follow one or more watchlist groups, which are administrator defined, and cover a set of properties and a set of pages (category, namespace, or SMW concept). Notification of changes to watched properties is also possible via email.

### Features

[](#features)

- A watchlist page (Special:SemanticWatchlist) listing changes to properties watched by the user.
- Per-user optional email notification per edit that changes properties.
- Integration with user preferences to allow users to specify which watchlist groups they want to follow, and if they want to receive emails on changes.
- Special:WatchListConditions as administration interface for watchlist groups.
- API module to query property changes grouped by edit for a single user.
- API modules to add, modify and delete the watchlist groups.

Find more detailed [usage documentation on MediaWiki.org](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Watchlist). Recent changes can be found in the [release notes](RELEASE-NOTES.md).

Contribution and support
------------------------

[](#contribution-and-support)

If you have remarks, questions, or suggestions, please send them to . You can subscribe to this list [here](https://sourceforge.net/p/semediawiki/mailman/semediawiki-user/).

If you want to contribute work to the project please subscribe to the developers mailing list and have a look at the [contribution guildline](/CONTRIBUTING.md). A list of people who have made contributions in the past can be found [here](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticWatchlist/graphs/contributors).

- [File an issue](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticWatchlist/issues)
- [Submit a pull request](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticWatchlist/pulls)
- Ask a question on [the mailing list](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_list)
- Ask a question on the #semantic-mediawiki IRC channel on Freenode.

Extending Semantic Watchlist
----------------------------

[](#extending-semantic-watchlist)

Semantic Watchlist is in part a workflow extension, which makes it important for other SMW/MW extensions and tools to interact with it. This is possible via the hooks and API modules Semantic Watchlist provides:

### API modules

[](#api-modules)

- `addswlgroup` an API module to add semantic watchlist groups.
- `deleteswlgroup` an API module to delete semantic watchlist groups.
- `editswlgroup` an API module to modify semantic watchlist groups.
- `semanticwatchlist` returns a list of modified properties per page for a persons semantic watchlist.

### Hooks

[](#hooks)

- `SWLBeforeEmailNotify`
- `SWLBeforeEditInsert`
- `SWLAfterEditInsert`
- `SWLBeforeChangeSetInsert`
- `SWLAfterChangeSetInsert`

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

This extension provides unit and integration tests that are run by a [continues integration platform](https://travis-ci.org/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticWatchlist)but can also be executed using `composer phpunit` from the extension base directory.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GNU General Public License 3.0 or later](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community31

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1483 days

Total

3

Last Release

1151d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.3.0

1.3.0PHP &gt;=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

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