Enabling subscribe action for lower headers for specific pages (prefix)
Problem: Subscribe action only works for level 2 headers
Proposed solution: I would suggest enabling subscriptions for lower section levels for specific subpages. That is, for example, by defining some prefixes in the Mediawiki namespace that are an exception to the global rule. In such cases, the subscription would be possible, for example, only for the third level. Or all levels up to 3rd (whatever is easier to do).
Who would benefit: I think most large wikis would. With Meta:Srg, you could only subscribe to your request, not the whole thing. Another use case is RfC on en.wiki, where now you can only subscribe to the main discussion section, and you would like to subscribe to only one subsection, but you can't. The same goes for many polls on pl.wiki (e.g. sysop rights vote (PUA)) which can go even deeper.
More comments: I know one could migrate some pages up a level (make level 2, level 1 and so on). But this brakes some bots and gadgets and in other cases is not feasible at all (you would have to have 0-level heading).
I'll definitely be supporting this one once voting starts. Would be a nice efficiency. There's a whole class of Wikipedia-space pages that use L3/L4 headings for their daily business. Imagine being able to subscribe to just a single section of these enwiki projectspace pages, instead of the entire page: RFD, CFD, FFD, TFD, ITN/C, or RFPP/I. –Novem Linguae (talk) 15:18, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. There was a brief prior discussion in early December about that. Based on that I don't think there is a way to add subscriptions on any level now. It just happens auto-magically for level 2 headers (h2). The rfd/log you linked has h3 and h4 headers. The problem can be solved by migration of levels sometimes. But for sub-pages included in bigger pages this is hard-to-impossible. Nux (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Based on that I don't think there is a way to add subscriptions on any level now. I agree. This wish would fix that. Above I was just wondering why certain pages get a level 2 [subscription] button and certain pages don't get any [subscription] button. I thought it was by namespace, but I have found exceptions. –Novem Linguae (talk) 05:01, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Would it hurt to enable subscribing to H3, H4 on all subscribe-enabled pages? Or do we need some mechanism to choose per-page between none, H2, H3, H4? Pelagic (talk) 16:11, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How about customising the entire subscription feature by using a magic word? {{ALLOWSUBS|3}} will only allow h3 subscriptions; {{ALLOWSUBS|3|5}} will allow subscription of h3, h4, h5; {{ALLOWSUBS|+}} will allow subscription at all levels; {{ALLOWSUBS|-}} will not allow subscription at any level. Which of these templates to use can be selected on a case by case basis to suit all and every need. —(ping on reply)—CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 21:33, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I've encountered enough discussions (often /subpage transclusions) where I'd like to subscribe but the enabling link is not present. If it's too complex (technically) to enable subscription to sections below H2, perhaps, at minimum, a "soft subscribe link" that landed at the appropriate H2 location could appear at the lower levels.--John Cline (talk) 08:00, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support XfDs are like the reason to use the subscription feature, yet they're not supported. Nardog (talk) 18:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)