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

Tue Oct 21 23:17:52 UTC 2003

Audin Malmin wrote:

>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