I usually want to watch a user after granting them a user group, if only to keep an eye out for any concerns over misuse, questions, etc. Best practice is to leave a note, but I think it'd be reasonable to be able to watch the user when granting/removing the group(s), as the note may be left elsewhere.
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- T257662: Add watchuser to unblock API
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@Amorymeltzer to clarify, since if I recall it was decided to not allow watching a user's contributions, the watchuser field should be for watchlisting the user's user page and talk page, right?
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Change 901306 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):
[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add watch option for userpage to Special:UserRights
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Change 901307 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender; author: Umherirrender):
[mediawiki/core@master] api: Add watch option for userpage to action=userrights
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Could use similiar wording as used for the announce for watch on Special:Unblock: T257662#8705679
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Change 901306 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] specials: Add watch option for userpage to Special:UserRights
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Change 901307 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] api: Add watch option for userpage to action=userrights
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I've added it to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2023/36 using this wording:
There is a new option for Administrators when they are changing the usergroups for a user, to add the user’s user page to their watchlist. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. [3]
If that needs adjustment, please do so directly within the next ~22 hours, after which it will be frozen for translation. Thanks!