On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:02:22PM -0700, Daniel
Ehrenberg wrote:
OK, but the default preference should be to keep
it
private by default, and the new feature would mainly
be used just to see how many people are watching it.
I disagree. That default will make the feature useless. Make the
default Public and place a good notice on the edit page next to the watchlist
chechbox.
Why is making a watchlist public any worse than ones contributions?
The proposal to watch who's watching which page is the kind of thing
that's worthy of an aspiring KGB or CIA agent. The potential for
mischief is too high. I want to be on the record as absolutely against it.
Ec