[WikiEN-l] ALERT: Idea for new feature: "Who's watching thispage?"

Tue Oct 21 04:30:03 UTC 2003

I also don't think that this is a good idea. What would be the purpose of this 
feature other than "gathering statistics"? What kind of statistics do you 
hope to gather?

Best,
Sascha Noyes
aka snoyes

On Tuesday 21 October 2003 12:01 am, Andrew Lih wrote:
> Edit history does not equal watch list.  I can watch something without
> having edited it.  And other people being able to see my watch list is
> an invasion of privacy of sorts, so this should be "opt-in" only, not
> the default, if implemented.
>
> Wikipedia is trying to get more people to join, so it would be a tragedy
> if this privacy issue kept folks away.
>
> -Fuzheado
>

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