[Wikipedia-l] The "Who's watching this page," business

Tue Oct 21 05:47:27 UTC 2003

<<From En wiki: (General discourse should be here)>>

It strikes me that when things change, they might be
called something different. So while a "watchlist" is
understood as a private affair --( I never use the
damn things myself, anyway --part of what prompted me
to start comment on the potential drag they might have
on the servers --I was right somewhat.)

But anyway it seems to me that there are two distinct
things: *private lists, and *public lists --and having
one of each *might be *better than simply having an
option of "open" or "closed."  "Watchlist" would refer
to the private list --the public list would be called
something else.  Continuing along these lines could
open up a whole new way to look at WP and how people
interact --conference calls, etc, outside of
attached-to-article talk.

Eh?
~S~

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