On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Charles Matthews < [email protected]> wrote:
> Mike Pruden wrote: > > It isn't uncommon for the normally active user to have hundreds, if not > thousands, of pages on their watchlist. Then, when somebody makes an edit > that a certain user doesn't agree with, it gets changed or outright > reverted. It's like, at the least, a form of a bunch of "Big Brothers" > looking over an article and, at the worst, an outright form of page > ownership. > > > I have around 8000 pages watchlisted at present. Having a long watchlist > is actually an antidote to thinking you have to "curate" each change. > I agree with Charles (my watchlist is in the mid-7000s) - with a large watchlist you lose that sense of ownership. It's just something you scan from time to time. You pick up the anon edits on backwater pages. But you can't control what's going on, so you just accept... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
