Help:Watchlist

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Anyone with an account may choose to be notified when a certain page changes using the "watch" feature and "my watchlist". MediaWiki does not let people "own" pages; however, the watchlist feature, along with the ability to revert changes, keeps interested users involved in particular pages without the drawbacks of giving someone absolute control over a page.

Controlling which pages are watched

When logged in, there is a link "watch" or "unwatch" at the margin of each article. By clicking "watch", you add the current page and the corresponding talk page (or if it is a talk page, that page and the corresponding non-talk page) to the collection of pages you "watch".

Clicking unwatch will remove them from your list.

If you activate the user preference "Add pages you edit to your watchlist", the checkbox on the edit page will automatically be checked, so unless you uncheck it before saving, the page will be watched once you've saved it.

Watching a non-existing page

You can also watch a non-existing page and it will appear in your watchlist once someone has created it.

Privacy of watchlists

Ordinary users or administrators cannot tell what is in your watchlist, or who is watching any particular page.