Help:Watchlist

Wiki Help Watching a page  Watchlist

Adding a page to your watchlist allows you to be notified when the page is edited. Your watchlist is a tool for tracking changes, similar to the “” display, but limited to showing changes only across your set of “watched” pages. Your watchlist is available only when you are logged in. You can see the watchlist display by clicking “” link in the Personal tools section of the Navigation bar on the right.

How to add a page to your watchlist
Adding pages to your watch list is easy to do.
 * Sign in to your account to access your watch list.
 * After you have found particular pages that interest you, just click the little star between "View history" and "More" on the tabs. When you click the star it will rotate and turn blue in color.
 * If you want to remove the page from your watch list, click the little blue star and it will rotate and turn white in color.

Difference between the Recent Changes page and your "Watchlist"

 * The Recent Changes page lists all of the edits that are being done on the Wiki on any given day.
 * Your watchlist will contain only the changes that occur on those pages that you are watching.

Why watch a page?

 * Typically you would watch pages related to your specific areas of interest and also pages where content is more important to you.
 * If you make significant edits to a page you might watch the page so that you are notified of any follow-up edits by other contributors.
 * Note that there is a “” tickbox provided on the editing screen for this purpose.

If you are doing research in a specific county in England, etc. you click "Watch" that page so that you will be notified when additional research guidance is added. Or, if you are a major contributor to that page, you may also want to "Watch" so that you are notified when other people work on the page. This will give you the opportunity to work together with other contributors.

What if you don't want watch a page?

 * What if find that whatever edits you make or pages created, they are being added to your watchlist and you really don't want that?
 * Go to your Preferences
 * Click on "Watchlist"
 * Then go to the bottom of the page and check out "Advanced options."
 * Review the options to see which ones you might want in place or not.

The display: changes read vs. unread
On the watchlist display, some page names appear in bold which indicates whether or not you have visited the page to see the change. This feature works like read/unread emails in an email inbox. The “” display will also have some new bold highlighting indicating edits to pages on your watchlist.

Clearing Your Watchlist
If you have too many pages you are watching and you want to clear them all, follow these steps: 1. Click on the "Watchlist" link in the top right of the screen (You must be logged into the Wiki) 2. Then click on the button, Edit Your List of Watched Pages. 3. This takes you to a screen that allows you to remove pages from your list including using the button, "Clear Watchlist" option. 4. If you have too many pages on your Watchlist, you may get an error when trying to access your list. Instead use these links to access and clear your Watchlist:
 * Raw Watchlist
 * Clear Watchlist