Help:Watchlist

Followed pages are a way to keep up to date on pages you care about on Wikia. You can choose to "Follow" a page by simply clicking on the Follow text on the toolbar. You will then receive an e-mail notification each time a change is made to that page.

This feature will be live across Wikia May 5, 2010. You can view it in action on the Community test wiki.



Followed pages are an update of the watchlist tool. In this new system, you will now "follow" a page rather than "watch" one. These "followed pages" are then saved and are viewable by others. The goal of the followed pages update is to make it easier for community members to find and share interesting content with each other.



What's changed from watchlist?

 * The term "Watch" has been replaced by "Follow" on the toolbar.
 * Your list of followed pages are now publicly available for other users to see.
 * You can view other users' favorite pages by visiting:

How does it work?
Pages you choose to follow will appear:


 * On the followed pages tab on your user masthead. The followed pages tab is divided into sections, according to type of page (e.g. blog post, article, user page). This can also be accessed by choosing the "Followed pages" link on the "More" button dropdown.
 * A "Pages I'm Following" box will now also appear on your user page to show others what pages you are interested in on the wiki. This will only include article pages.

You can now follow not just articles, but also categories and blog listings. This allows you to receive an email when a new article is added to a category or a new blog post is contributed.

To remove a page from your followed page list:


 * Click on the "Following" link on your header bar while on a page.
 * Hover over any page on the Special:Following page, and you will get a "delete" icon - clicking this removes the page from your follow list.

Customization and choices

 * To hide your followed pages list from public view, visit the "Followed pages" tab in your preferences on communitytest, and check the box for "Make my followed pages lists private".
 * This will remove the followed pages box from your user page, and will hide the contents of your followed pages tab from other users. (You will still be able to see your own list).
 * This is a global setting and will affect your account on all wikis you participate in.


 * Special:Watchlist still exists and uses the same list of pages as Special:Following. Feel free to use either.