# Not receiving notifications for edited Wiki posts unless you are the author
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [23 Enero, 2015 08:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340 "2015-01-23T08:10:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)
#### Post date: [23 Enero, 2015 08:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/1 "2015-01-23T08:10:24Z")
This is something strange. I have made one topic a wiki post and kept it open. Then inside another browser I login with a different user id. I edited the wiki post and then I checked the forum on my admin ID. I did not received any notification whatsoever that could tel me that someone actually contributed to the post and edited it? Am I missing something here or some setting is required. Why are we not receiving notifications for wiki post edits?
## Is the original author of wiki post the sole publisher?
Does wiki posts means, the community edits the post and the original author is the only one accepting the edits and publishing the post with new edits?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [24 Enero, 2015 00:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/2 "2015-01-24T00:15:31Z")
Only the original author will be notified of edits at this time.
You could notify _every single person_ who ever edited a wiki post of every subsequent edit, but it would get very spammy, very very fast.
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### Author:  [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)
#### Post date: [25 Enero, 2015 12:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/3 "2015-01-25T12:01:20Z")
That is my question, I did not get notified when I edited the topic content with a different ID? I tried several times
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [25 Enero, 2015 12:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/4 "2015-01-25T12:05:10Z")
“pm private-message button post” @eviltrout @codinghorror I am thinking tagging should be a trust level 2 + function, seeing a pattern here.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [25 Enero, 2015 12:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/5 "2015-01-25T12:06:19Z")
Yeah would have to be an opt-in thing, not idea where you would opt-in for it though. Maybe after editing.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [25 Enero, 2015 19:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/6 "2015-01-25T19:31:19Z")
This is actually a bug that @DeanMarkTaylor reported. Somehow tags are being carried to other topics by other users. Those tags were not used by the OP!
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [25 Enero, 2015 19:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/7 "2015-01-25T19:55:59Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> “pm private-message button post” @eviltrout @codinghorror I am thinking tagging should be a trust level 2 + function, seeing a pattern here.
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> This is actually a bug that @DeanMarkTaylor reported. Somehow tags are being carried to other topics by other users. Those tags were not used by the OP!
Bug here for your reference:
> [@Tags against wrong topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-against-wrong-topic/24389/):
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> I remember creating this topic with some tags: [image] This is my topic It’s now displaying like this (note no tags): [image] Then later looking at this topic I noticed my tags on it - which don’t match the topic Which is displaying with my tags from the other topic [image]
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [3 Marzo, 2016 19:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/8 "2016-03-03T19:08:55Z")
There doesn’t appear to be a way to get notified for post edits…
(both traditional post edits and Wiki post edits).
For post traditional post edits and Wiki post edits.
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I always find myself here on meta wanting to know when updates are made to specific posts and wiki posts.
Watching a topic doesn’t help here.
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## Post based notifications for users
On Facebook whilst “posts” are more like “topics” here on meta it’s possible to “turn on notifications for post” to be notified of any activity related to the post (likes, comments).
After you change the notification setting the grey info box appears above in the feed.
I was kind of wondering if the “turn on notifications for post” could be added to Discourse posts or something similar?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3 Marzo, 2016 23:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/9 "2016-03-03T23:58:23Z")
We have nothing planned in this area for the forseeable future. You could assume ownership of the post if needed.
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### Author:  [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [4 Marzo, 2016 00:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/10 "2016-03-04T00:04:01Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> You could assume ownership of the post if needed.
As a “admin” or "moderator " I could, but here on meta for example as a user I can’t.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4 Marzo, 2016 00:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/11 "2016-03-04T00:08:53Z")
> [@DeanMarkTaylor](#):
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> As a “admin” or "moderator " I could,
Nope, only as an Admin. Moderators cannot take ownership of posts - still unsure why though…
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [6 Abril, 2017 22:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/12 "2017-04-06T22:26:37Z")
I think this is probably the best thread to continue this discussion, apologies if not.
@sam, in [this thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618/10), you mentioned this idea:
> [@Category setting: new topics are wiki by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-new-topics-are-wiki-by-default/16618/10):
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> Every edit to the OP wiki, makes the system add a system message like so:
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> [https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/meta/optimized/3X/a/b/abc8120e8227bba99a9bab4e1c509146b2d409fb\_1\_690x74.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/optimized/3X/a/b/abc8120e8227bba99a9bab4e1c509146b2d409fb_1_690x74.png)
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> (also link directly to the revision)
I like this idea, and think it could work well in my community (we’re considering moving our wiki from mediawiki into discourse). Is it something that would be considered as a PR to core, or should I be thinking about a plugin?
Alternatively, is there now a better solution for allowing people to “watch/track” a wiki post for changes?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7 Abril, 2017 13:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/13 "2017-04-07T13:08:11Z")
> [@david](#):
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> Is it something that would be considered as a PR to core, or should I be thinking about a plugin?
I think if you can get it working in a polished way and be “default off” I would consider it for core.
The critical feature is that the “edited wiki” needs to be expandable to see the actual diff and multiple edits by one user need to be coalesced if they follow each other.
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### Author:  [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [7 Abril, 2017 13:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/14 "2017-04-07T13:09:38Z")
Great, should the ‘default off’ setting be per-category, or a site-wide setting?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [7 Abril, 2017 13:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/15 "2017-04-07T13:14:39Z")
I would say both settings.
Also there is a problem that needs figuring out notification wise. At the moment these “admin posts” get no notifications, I don’t want to play with that, it would be very very high risk of “pointless information flood” but it leaves open the problem of “how can you tell that people have mucked with a wiki you are tracking”
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [7 Abril, 2017 15:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/16 "2017-04-07T15:51:26Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> At the moment these “admin posts” get no notifications
Not knowing the internal structure this may be a crazy, complicated idea, but…
Could the admin posts be given an optional parameter (default false) that when true acts like a standard post for notification/tracking stuff? Then no existing admin posts will change, but wiki edits could give the true parameter.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 Diciembre, 2025 11:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-receiving-notifications-for-edited-wiki-posts-unless-you-are-the-author/24340/17 "2025-12-04T11:33:29Z")