[WikiEN-l] Wik and a not-quite-proposal for constitutional change

Wed May 5 15:48:55 UTC 2004

Would it be possible to limit the watchlist for everyone. It would be
fair, we could have it capped at say 1000 (or higher if you like). ~~~~

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Bauder [mailto:fredbaud at ctelco.net] 
Sent: 05 May 2004 16:25
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wik and a not-quite-proposal for constitutional
change

I first noticed this long watchlist. I take it to be evidence of a
certain
over-involvement. Certainly keeping 10,000 articles, "straight" doesn't
leave much time for conversation with other users about changes and
reversions.

Fred

> From: "Charles Matthews" <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 16:07:37 +0100
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wik and a not-quite-proposal for
constitutional change
> 
> Fennec Foxen wrote
> 
>>> Has anyone suggested Wik simply be denied watchlist rights?  With
the
>>> servers groaning, a watchlist of 10000+ pages is surely greedy for
>>> resources.
>>> Charles
>> 
>> Is there software in place to allow denials such as this?
> 
> I have no idea.  It is surely technically possible to clear the list.
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
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