TL;DR:

- the Beta feature available for Recent Changes will be extended to Watchlist on September 5. - Later in September, some Beta features for Recent Changes will become default features (with an option to opt-out) - more news about it soon.

Hello dear Ambassadors!

As you may already know, the Global Collaboration teamhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Global_Collaboration has created a Betafeature. This feature is on your wiki since few months: "*New filters foredit reviewhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review*".You can activate it in your Beta preferenceshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures.

*What is this feature again?*

This feature improves Special:RecentChangeshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges andSpecial:RecentChangesLinkedhttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked. It adds newfeatures that ease vandalism tracking and support of newcomers:

- Filteringhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Filtering- filter recent changes with easy-to-use and powerful filters combinations, including filtering by namespace or tagged edits. - Highlightinghttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Highlighting_function- add a colored background to the different changes you are monitoring. It helps quick identification of changes that matter to you. - Bookmarkinghttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Bookmarkingto keep your favorite configurations of filters ready to be used. - Quality and Intent Filtershttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Quality_and_Intent_Filters- those filters use ORES predictionshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ORES. They identify real vandalism or good faith intent contributions that need help.

You can know more about this project by visiting the quick tour help pagehttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review/Quick_tour.

*What's new?*

On *September 5*, the Beta feature will have a new option. Watchlists willhave all new features available on Recent Changes Beta now.

- If you have already activated the Beta feature "New filters for edit review", you have no action to take. - If you haven't activated the Beta feature "New filters for edit review" and you want to try the filters on Watchlists, please go to your Beta preferenceshttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatureson September 6. It will not be possible to try the filters only on Recent Changes or only on Watchlist.

*What's next?*

Please also note that later in September, some changes will happen onRecent Changes. We will release some features at the moment available inBeta as default features. This will impact all users, but we will providean option to opt-out. I'll recontact you with a more precise schedule andall the details very soon.

*What can I do?*You can ping me if you have questions. :)

You can report bugs or suggest improvements anytime, directly to me or onPhabricator (#Edit-Review-Improvements-Integrated-Filters). Futureimprovements are listed on the project board on Phabricatorhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/manage/2828/.

I've postedhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T171030#3549355 thisannouncement on main wikis and to two User Groups. If your wiki is not onthis list (I'm sorry about that), you can help spreading the word, ortranslate the announces.

You can also check the documentationhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review to see ifthere is things to translate.

And keep posted for the next release!

Thank you in advance for your help!

All the best,Benoît

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