User:TheFearow/AdminAlert

= PLEASE MAKE ALL COMMENTS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS PAGE = This is a proposed mediawiki extension i'm thinking about considering working on.

Purpose
To allow easier management of alerts to admins about problems.

How to use
There will be an added "report" tab at the top of a page. That will go to Special:Report/PAGENAME.

From there there will be several radio buttons.
 * Report page (all except image pages)
 * Report user (user/usertalk pages only)
 * Report image (image pages only)
 * Report image description (images pages only)
 * Report misc problem

There will also be a description box, where the user can describe their problem.

Lastly, there will be a drop-down box for "People most likely to be able to help". This will be a list of the usergroups on the wiki, as well as an "unsure" option. If the user selects a specific group, the alert box will only pop up for users in that group. If the "unsure" option is checked, it will show up for users in any of the groups.

Generic alert message
The alert will be a message similair to the following: There are alerts needing your attention. View reports

It will show up for users who are in a group which has waiting alerts, or users who are in a custom group and there are waiting "unsure" alerts.

The alert will be shown upon login, and at the top of the watchlist.

Alert on page
If there are active alerts for a page/other element relating to the page (see the radio buttons description above), an alert like the following will be shown on the page: There are one or more unanswered alerts regarding this page. View reports This will be shown only to users who would also get notified of that alert via the method above.

Comments
If you have any comments/suggestions regarding this extension, please say so in this section.