Help:Watching pages - Revision history

Vassia Atanassova at 20:29, 4 November 2008

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	Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.		Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.

	Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its [[Help:Talk ~~namespace~~\|talk page]], as well.		Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its [[Help:Talk namespaces\|talk page]], as well.

	Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.		Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.

Vassia Atanassova at 20:29, 4 November 2008

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	Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.		Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.

	Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its [[Help:Talk ~~pages~~\|talk page]], as well.		Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its [[Help:Talk namespace\|talk page]], as well.

	Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.		Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.

Vassia Atanassova at 20:15, 4 November 2008

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	Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.		Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.

	Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its talk page, as well.		Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its [[Help:Talk pages\|talk page]], as well.

	Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.		Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.

Vassia Atanassova at 20:15, 4 November 2008

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			Watching pages is a technique, utilized by many users to keep track of the progress of certain pages that concern them. Watched pages are gathered in the user's [[Special:Watchlist\|personal watchlist]], and they appear in bold in the list of [[Special:Recentchanges\|Recent changes]].

	~~<div align=~~"~~center~~">'''~~Under construction~~. ~~Please come back soon~~. :-) '~~''<~~/~~div>~~		Pages can be marked for watching both in read and in edit mode. Reading a page, one can mark it for watching by clicking on the "watch" tab on the horizontal bar over the page title. Pages, which were opened in edit mode, can be marked by ticking the "Watch this page" option under the Summary and over the Save page / Show preview buttons.

			Marking a page for watching, one automatically adds to one's watchlist its talk page, as well.

			Important to know is the situation with [[Help:Categories\|categories]]. By including a category to their watchlist, users can only watch the page in the <tt>Category:</tt> namespace, i.e. the changes that will occur ''over'' the category itself, ''not inside'' of it. Watchists do not help understanding which pages have been added to or removed from this category.

			Various [[Help:Preferences\|personal preferences]] are related to the functionality of watching pages, which is accessible only to [[Help:Registration and login\|registered users]]. Every registered user has access only to their personal watchlist, not to anyone else's.

			== See also ==
			* [[Special:Watchlist]]
			* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Watching_pages Help:Watching pages] from Meta-Wikipedia
			* [[Help:Contents]] with links to other help pages

			[[Category:Help pages]]

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Help:Watching pages - Revision history

Vassia Atanassova at 20:29, 4 November 2008

Vassia Atanassova at 20:29, 4 November 2008

Vassia Atanassova at 20:15, 4 November 2008

Vassia Atanassova at 20:15, 4 November 2008

Ifigenia Administrator: New page: {{Help-pages/3}} '''Under construction. Please come back soon. :-) '''

Ifigenia Administrator: New page: {{Help-pages/3}}
'''Under construction. Please come back soon. :-) '''