Brion- Rumor has it that there are actually people who use Wikipedia only for a limited time each day; in fact, I have heard (as of yet entirely unsubstantiated) claims that some people do not even use Wikipedia each and every day. Advances in Wikipedia technology will surely contribute to the assimilation of these unfortunates (recent Star Trek episodes highlighted some possible uses for nanotechnology in particular). Alas, some of these wretched souls have ended up with rather large watchlists due to my "Watch articles by default" feature, so the 1 hour cutoff on large watchlists threatens their salvation. If we seek to make them part of our collective, we must accommodate their strange ways, for otherwise they may be so frustrated by the given behavior that they will consult our universe-encompassing compendium even less frequently. Remember, until we can forcefully integrate all of humanity into the Wikipedia neverous systems, we have to come up with wacky reasons for people to join on their own accord. Report prepared by Wiki-Drone #52

Erik Moeller wrote: I often wondered about the wisdom of that feature. I had it on when it was first introduced, and found that I was accumulating a list of articles in which I had made only minor spelling corrections. If a person really wants to watch an article they should need to make the positive effort of activating it. I d like the feature that shows how many articles are on the list. My list currently has a humble 116 articles, but I do make a point of weeding out articles that I no longer want to watch. Ec

Erik Moeller wrote: I would still prefer eliminating the "Watch articles by default" feature altogether. I don't like the idea of automatically expiring watchlist item. The oldest one on my 115 item watchlist (other than talk pages) is from February 11. My list includes a number of things that I would like to get back to if I ever have the time away from the mailing lists :-) Eclecticology