Help:Notifications

Defaulted Wiki Notifications
Because you have a FamilySearch account, you are automatically set up to receive notifications and emails from the Wiki in the following situations:


 * Messages on your User Talk page
 * Changes to your Wiki user role
 * Changes made to any Wiki page you are watching

These notifications are defaulted with each account creation and can be changed manually to suit the user's needs.

To Change Notification Options
Use the instructions below to change your options for receiving notifications:

User Profile tab
1. Go to the Research Wiki and sign in using your FamilySearch account. 2. In the top right hand corner of the screen, click on Preferences. 3. On the User profile tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page and change any notifications by unchecking a box or adding a check to a box.

Options included on the Profile tab are:

 * Allow other users to email me
 * Allow emails from brand-new users
 * Send me copies of emails I send to other users
 * Email me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed
 * Email me also for minor edits of pages and files

Notifications tab
1. Go to the Research Wiki and sign in using your FamilySearch account. 2. In the top right hand corner of the screen, click on Preferences. 3. On the Notifications tab, change any notifications by unchecking a box or adding a check to a box.

Options included on Notifications tab

 * Talk page message
 * Thanks
 * Mention
 * Page link
 * User rights change
 * Edit revert
 * Email from other user

Alerts Icon
Notifications can also be delivered to the user using the Alert icon (picture of a bell). When an notification is delivered, red number will appear beside the Alert icon found in the top right-hand corner of screen. Most notifications can be seen including talk page message, thanks, mention, page link, user rights change, and edit revert. An alert will appear when an email is sent to a user. However, this message only includes the first part of the message. It cannot be completely viewed on the Wiki. The user must check their email to view the full message.