Our moderators have been complaining that extra notifications get sent out for very minor edits, merges and moves to posts. This is exacerbated by the way we started out using our forum which was to turn on email sending of all notifications for all of our 50+ staff using our forum. This means that,…

[图片] codinghorror: I guess if you are doing some kind of spring cleaning with merging and splitting, do that before turning on the email notifications for everyone? This makes some sense. So as admin I can go in and deselect “disable emails” and it will not send any messages while I do the sp…

[图片] codinghorror: only topic merges and splits will – as merges and splits result in posted notifications so you can find your way to the merge or split. Is that actually necessary? We merged some old topics regarding meeting planning, and the notifications that went out caused someone to a…

[图片] downey: Or maybe add something that describes what’s really happening, rather than making the email notifications look like a new post/reply? I’ve had that thought too - when you rely on the site for notifications, you can always see what it’s about. When you rely on email, you just get …

[图片] codinghorror: Changing the category won’t generate an email, only topic merges and splits will – as merges and splits result in posted notifications so you can find your way to the merge or split. If this is meant to imply that moving topics will trigger neither emails nor new topic noti…

My understanding is that when you use the bulk update modal via the admin wrench on topic lists, it does not send notifications. Don’t take my word for it though and test it out.

[图片] tobiaseigen: when you use the bulk update modal via the admin wrench on topic lists Ah! So you’re saying that it works differently when you move a topic via that method than when you move it by editing the title of the individual topic?

There definitely are differences between bulk actions and normal edits. Last time I checked, bulk actions allowed you to edit tags without recording an edit :pencil2: to the first post.

This is the topic I am referring to. My assumption is that notifications won’t be sent just like they won’t be bumped. But I may be wrong. https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-move-many-topics-from-one-category-to-another/38704/4?u=tobiaseigen

Okay, I tried it and can confirm that bulk moving topics to a different category that is being first-post-watched by a user, does not trigger notifications for that user. Just to be clear: the emphasis is on bulk. Moving topics the “normal way” does trigger notifications. I have not tried it with t…

I’m seeing “new topic” and “new reply” notifications every time I move topics across categories using the bulk option, for users who have the target category set to “Watching” or “Watch first post.” An option to avoid notifications for category changes would be appreciated.

Any way to prevent notifications for post merges, moves?

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Nacho_Caballero (Nacho Caballero) 2020 年6 月 30 日 08:13 23

一个新的设置使这成为可能：禁用分类编辑通知

Add a site setting to disable notifications on category changes

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Any way to prevent notifications for post merges, moves?

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