Help:Watchlist

A watchlist is a list of pages that interest you. The list allows you to see a list of recent changes to all your watchlisted pages.

Start your watchlist
When logged into your account, you can add to your watchlist by browsing through MEpedia to find articles you're interested in and clicking the star icon at the top of the page to add it to your "watchlist". You can browse the pages in MEpedia by using the main page or by reviewing the Contents page.

Editing or creating a page will also add it to your watchlist.

View your watchlist
To view changes that people have made to the pages on your watchlist, just click on "Watchlist" on the top right of the screen or go to Special:Watchlist. If you want to see a list of all the pages on your watchlist, click on the small link called "View and Edit Watchlist" at the top of the watchlist page.

When someone makes a new change to a page on your watchlist, it will show up in bold in the list of changes on your watchlist page. To see what has changed, just click on the word “diff” or the word “changes” on that line.

Watchlist settings and unwatching pages
You can adjust watchlist settings (for instance, if you don't want every page you edit to be added to your watchlist automatically) by going to "Preferences" (at the top of the page), then selecting the "Watchlist" tab. This tab also allows you to see a full list of pages you're watching: you can unwatch multiple pages at once if you'd like to trim your list. You can also unwatch pages individually by navigating to the page and simply clicking the same star icon you would click to watch the page.

Learn more

 * For more information about watchlists, see MediaWiki's watchlist help.
 * For other ways to track changes, see MediaWiki's tracking changes help.