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  2. CONFSERVER-40582

Add a watcher while editing / adding a page

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      Hello,

      It happens to me a lot when I am editing or adding a page, that at the same time I think of a colleague that I want to share the page with. So that he/she sees that I've added a page or that I wanted him to know about this (and future information)

      Therefore it would come in handy that in Edit-modus, you can add a watcher, so when you save the page, the colleague gets informed instantly.

      I think it's the best place to add it next to the icons from label/restriction. I think an extra icon, in green or someting, would definately be clear to see.

      Hope you can have a look into this

            [CONFSERVER-40582] Add a watcher while editing / adding a page

            Jutamat Phothisitthisak added a comment -

            Voted to have Descendants notification feature for next Confluence version,  ie. watch a complete tree of pages (a page on all its descendants) with just one click - new and moved pages are added automatically

            Jutamat Phothisitthisak added a comment - Voted to have Descendants notification feature for next Confluence version,  ie. watch a complete tree of pages (a page on all its descendants) with just one click - new and moved pages are added automatically

            Volker Tilgner added a comment - - edited

            The approach of adding an @mention for specific users would likely only work for the single edit session in which they are added.  

            In the use case of using Confluence for a coordinated team task, such as a Deployment Plan or a Test Plan, it would be more productive if the team members were kept in the loop for each edit.

            I have been a user of Confluence for many years, I frequently find myself in the position of both 

            1. Wanting to know who is watching a page that I'm editing
              1. Use case example: is anyone from team A going to see this team-specific content I'm adding to the page without me emailing them directly?
            2. Wanting to manage the watchers of a page
              1. Use case examples:
                1. Fred said he wanted to know about this, but I'm pretty sure he won't see my edit, so I will have to email him separately.
                2. I've just created a "Feature X Launch Plan" page and it would be more efficient if I could add the people involved in the launch as watchers.

            Being able to manage watchers from within edit mode on a page would be very helpful, especially if this becomes available to non-admins also.

            Volker Tilgner added a comment - - edited The approach of adding an @mention for specific users would likely only work for the single edit session in which they are added.   In the use case of using Confluence for a coordinated team task, such as a Deployment Plan or a Test Plan, it would be more productive if the team members were kept in the loop for each edit. I have been a user of Confluence for many years, I frequently find myself in the position of both  Wanting to know who is watching a page that I'm editing Use case example: is anyone from team A going to see this team-specific content I'm adding to the page without me emailing them directly? Wanting to manage the watchers of a page Use case examples: Fred said he wanted to know about this, but I'm pretty sure he won't see my edit, so I will have to email him separately. I've just created a "Feature X Launch Plan" page and it would be more efficient if I could add the people involved in the launch as watchers. Being able to manage watchers from within edit mode on a page would be very helpful, especially if this becomes available to non-admins also.

            Rex Card added a comment -

            Instead of adding a watcher would the same thing be accomplished by placing the folks names that you want notified on the page on the actual page via the example below?

            @<user1>, @<user2>, @<user3>

            Rex Card added a comment - Instead of adding a watcher would the same thing be accomplished by placing the folks names that you want notified on the page on the actual page via the example below? @<user1>, @<user2>, @<user3>

            Shari Barchus added a comment -

            In addition to the SHARE, you could also MENTION someone in the page, and they will receive an email notification (but not be a true 'watcher')

            Shari Barchus added a comment - In addition to the SHARE, you could also MENTION someone in the page, and they will receive an email notification (but not be a true 'watcher')

            Nathanael Motz added a comment -

            Hi v.valkestijn. I voted and watched when I commented above. Thanks for creating this. I was surprised to find that you had done so only a couple days before I came looking for it.

            Nathanael Motz added a comment - Hi v.valkestijn . I voted and watched when I commented above. Thanks for creating this. I was surprised to find that you had done so only a couple days before I came looking for it.

            Frank Solutions Atlassian added a comment -

            @Nathaneal: please vote on this issue so we have more chance it'll become implemented

            Frank Solutions Atlassian added a comment - @Nathaneal: please vote on this issue so we have more chance it'll become implemented

            Frank Solutions Atlassian added a comment -

            Hmm so maybe there could be checkboxes added which ppl you want to notify...?

            Frank Solutions Atlassian added a comment - Hmm so maybe there could be checkboxes added which ppl you want to notify...?

            Nathanael Motz added a comment -

            Additionally it would be nice to easily be able to see who the watchers are while editing a page. Sometimes I'm not sure if I want to notify all watchers or not on an edit. Often that decision is dependent on who the watchers are. To find out currently, I generally open the page in another tab and view the watchers. It would be great if I didn't have to change context like that to find out. Thanks.

            Nathanael Motz added a comment - Additionally it would be nice to easily be able to see who the watchers are while editing a page. Sometimes I'm not sure if I want to notify all watchers or not on an edit. Often that decision is dependent on who the watchers are. To find out currently, I generally open the page in another tab and view the watchers. It would be great if I didn't have to change context like that to find out. Thanks.

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              v.valkestijn Frank Solutions Atlassian
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