On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Aryeh Gregor <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do we hide Special:UnwatchedPages from regular users? Unwatched > pages are something that people should know about so they can be sure > to watch them. If no one is actively watching a page, it's more > likely that vandalism will stick around. Yes, vandals and trolls > could abuse the info, but they could abuse all sorts of other features > too, and that's not a reason to deny them to legitimate users. If > there is any such threat, then that will just encourage legitimate > users to watch the pages, thereby removing them from the list. > > So I suggest we set $wgGroupPermissions['*']['unwatchedpages'] = true; > in DefaultSettings.php. Or maybe 'user' instead of '*', if people > prefer. Does anyone object? > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >
Sounds reasonable to me. There's many more important metrics than "does at least one account have this article on their watchlist." It's zero indication that articles are being actively monitored by interested parties, which is really what vandals would want to know. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
