User blog comment:Sarah Manley/Followed pages - a new way to stay up-to-date on your favorite wiki pages/@comment-184532-20100506151044

Kirkburn, I'm concerned with deleted pages showing up on Special:Following. In the cases of spam or vandalism (often include derogatory or spammy titles deleted by VSTF, staff, or local admin) which are deleted are often automatically "watched"/"followed" in order to alert the deleter that it was recreated and will then be advertised on the follow page which defeats the purpose of removing the offending titles.