https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36316

--- Comment #7 from Steven Walling <[email protected]> 2012-05-03 23:44:49 
UTC ---
> Changing the preferences of hundreds of editors without asking (even if they
> can change back) is just going to annoy them.
> 
> I suspect someone clever will come up with a good way to resolve the key issue
> here - the different between "default to" and "never changed" for older users 
> -
> and then the same changes to default settings can be made without annoying
> hundreds of editors.

Agreed. It's ok if we set the expectation of watchlist emails for new editors,
but futzing with the preferences of not-so-new folks without warning is
probably a bad idea.

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