Wikipedia:Mirror threads

Mirror threads are a type of shared thread maintained by User:Mirror Bot.

How to create a mirror thread
Enter a normal heading then add the starting comment in Reflect request.

Example:

Your edits!
This will display as:

Your edits!
Mirror bot will come along quite quickly and change this to:

Your edits!
A mirror will be placed on your talk page.

How to update a mirror thread
Simply hit the edit button on the box, and edit as a normal section. When you save, User:Mirror Bot will quickly update all subscribed pages, so that everyone knows they have messages.

Changing an existing section to a mirror thread
This can be done at any time. Simply enclose the section (excluding top level heading) in the Reflect template.

Setting your mirror preferences on a page
Use the Mirror me/Reflect me template, probably in the top part of the page.

Example:

Opting out of updates (watchlist, "you have messages"), but keeping the mirroring, for specific threads
Change the template name on your talk page from Mirror thread to Mirror thread no watch - this won't be updated with every edit, but will remain more or less up to date by transclusion - it features an update button as an alternative method of dealing with cache lag.

You may also find it useful to keep your some or all of your mirror threads on one or more subpages.

That way you won't get the "you have new messages" when they update - you can also have a sub-page you watch and one you don't.


 * Critical threads on my talk page.
 * Important threads on a watched sub-page.
 * Interesting threads on an unwatched sub-page.
 * Occasional check threads on an opted-out unwatched sup-page.

Mirroring on other pages

 * Talk pages apart from user pages can utilise mirroring.
 * Pages starting with "Wikipedia:WikiProject" can also use mirroring.

Mirror Bot will update these pages.

Mirror Bot will not create or update threads on other pages, so they will not show on watch lists, they are also unlikely to find mirror threads useful. Any mirrored thread will stay up to date of course, subject to caching.

Additional parts of the name-space can be added if a need is demonstrated.

Freezing a reflection
A given reflection can be frozen by subst' ing the Mirror thread on the page that reflection is on.

No further updates to the content will occur.