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

Tue Oct 21 01:09:12 UTC 2003

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?

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