Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Miscellaneous/Links for preferences

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Links for preferences

Problem: We have links for preference tabs. We don't have links for individual preferences in those tabs.
Proposed solution: Have links for individual preferences the click of which highlights the said preferences.
Who would benefit: Everyone, mostly new users.
More comments: Many times in help requests you'll need to toggle on or off certain preferences. You either get told to do so, or tell someone you're trying to help. Currently you can't link to individual preferences, only to their tabs. This complicates matters with new users who may get easily confused, especially when what you're talking about is not in the same language as the one they're reading their preferences in. Having links for them would make everyone's lives easier and greatly tone down the need for screenshots in these cases.
Phabricator tickets:
Proposer: Klein Muçi (talk) 17:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Technically you can link to them, but it's not really useful without highlighting. The task is T295302. --Tgr (talk) 02:41, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
They can be highlighted, although only on a per-section level, not on a per-preference level. (See screenshot in said task.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 20:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support —2dk (talk) 18:54, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — DaxServer (t · m · c) 20:28, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Proeksad (talk) 20:58, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support SHB2000 (talk | contribs) 23:00, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support NMaia (talk) 23:32, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Magnoliasouth (talk) 23:36, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support DemonDays64 (talk) 00:24, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 01:10, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | enwiki} 02:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tgr (talk) 03:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:43, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bluerasberry (talk) 14:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rots61 (talk) 16:17, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Terasail ^[✉️] 17:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thomas Kinz (talk) 22:29, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes that's needed for helping new users. Thingofme (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — putnik 08:47, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Titore (talk) 14:29, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellence (talk) 20:26, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support JAn Dudík (talk) 21:11, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mikhail Ryazanov (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Doktor Züm (talk) 06:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support cyrfaw (talk) 11:23, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Geraki ^T_L 11:24, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 21:22, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Albinfo (talk) 21:18, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Exactly! Exchanging screen shots by uploading it on wikis itself is a stressful step for advisee/advising parties. Omotecho (talk) 12:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Omotecho: Are you sure you voted for the wish you wanted? This one has not much to do with screenshots. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 15:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for clarification; Screen shot is mentioned in the Wish I translated into ja which I relate to those cases on jawp; typically, new users who asked for help tends to be overwhelmed AFAIK that very few junior/senior editors avoids giving them screen shots as visual guides, pointing to the Preference tab and oll down and down to find the exact small square. In spite for the visual guide more favored by new users accustomed elsewhere on the web, the Wish is superb to solve finding the exact link: jr/sr editors need not to go extra mile, just jump in and assist those lost-on-wiki. Sharing the exact link on Preferences is on the surface very cost saving for editors (if not tech-wise). Untrap the editing experience, let us. Omotecho (talk) 02:45, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 11:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nashona (talk) 15:17, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support —מקף⁻ණ (Hyphen) 00:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support It would be nice to be able to give people a direct link to a gadget in the preferences. Nikki (talk) 15:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Althair (talk) 04:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support hgzh 07:14, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]