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{{Nutshell|Your watchlist is a list which is used for tracking changes to pages you have chosen to follow.}} | {{Nutshell|Your watchlist is a list which is used for tracking changes to pages you have chosen to follow.}} | ||
[[File:Watchlist star - Adding a page.png|550px|thumbnail|Watchlist star - Adding a page to your watchlist|alt=Screenshot of a | [[File:Watchlist star - Adding a page.png|550px|thumbnail|Watchlist star - Adding a page to your watchlist|alt=Screenshot of a Saintapedia page showing a cursor hovering over the watchlist star icon]] | ||
Each | Each Saintapedia account has a '''watchlist''' that allows the account owner to keep informed of changes to their "watched" pages. In this way you can keep track of changes to pages you have created or are otherwise have an interest. | ||
There are two types of [[#Getting notifications|notifications]] available for | There are two types of [[#Getting notifications|notifications]] available for Saintapedia editors. | ||
Any page you [[Editing | Any page you [[Editing Saintapedia|edit]] or [[Creating a page|create]] is automatically added to your watchlist. | ||
==Getting notifications== | ==Getting notifications== | ||
{{Help Box}} | {{Help Box}} | ||
# | # Saintapedia's default notification tool is called "[[Special:Watchlist|My watchlist]]". It is just like [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] but only shows changes to the pages on your watch list. Your watchlist is always a single click away in the top right corner of your browser window. | ||
# By default, | # By default, Saintapedia also sends an email when pages is changed by someone else. That can disabled in the "User profile" tab in your account's [[Help:Preferences|preference]]. | ||
==How to add a page to your watchlist== | ==How to add a page to your watchlist== | ||
# [[How_To_Start_Editing_The_Wiki|Get a | # [[How_To_Start_Editing_The_Wiki|Get a Saintapedia account]] if you don't have one already | ||
# Login to | # Login to Saintapedia | ||
# Go to the page you are interested in watching | # Go to the page you are interested in watching | ||
# Click the “watch” star next to the search box in the upper right corner. You will be given the option to watch the page permanently or for a [[#Expiration|limited time]]. | # Click the “watch” star next to the search box in the upper right corner. You will be given the option to watch the page permanently or for a [[#Expiration|limited time]]. | ||
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== Expiration == | == Expiration == | ||
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==Helping others add a page to their watchlist== | ==Helping others add a page to their watchlist== | ||
Sometimes a curator of a page wants to help their colleagues add a page the page to their watchlist so they get an email when new content is added. Since we changed the default settings in the [[May 2012 | Sometimes a curator of a page wants to help their colleagues add a page the page to their watchlist so they get an email when new content is added. Since we changed the default settings in the [[May 2012 Saintapedia Upgrade]] so all users (new and existing alike) will now receive email for watchlist changes, we only need to help users add the page to their watchlist. | ||
'''To facilitate that action, we have a separate page with nothing but these instructions that you can share with your colleagues. See [[Help:How to add a page to your watchlist]].''' | '''To facilitate that action, we have a separate page with nothing but these instructions that you can share with your colleagues. See [[Help:How to add a page to your watchlist]].''' | ||
[[File:MediaWiki116 new and old watch tab.png|thumb|left|500px|Where is the Watch tab? This graphic shows where the "Watch" function is in the [[ | [[File:MediaWiki116 new and old watch tab.png|thumb|left|500px|Where is the Watch tab? This graphic shows where the "Watch" function is in the [[Saintapedia:Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.16|old and new skin]].]] | ||
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Each user has a '''Watchlist''' associated with their account. Adding a page to your watchlist is called "watching a page". Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Help:Watching pages|Help page on Watching pages]] has a great [[Wikipedia:File:Wikipedia video tutorial-2-Reliability-en.ogv|tutorial on why watchlists are so helpful]]. | Each user has a '''Watchlist''' associated with their account. Adding a page to your watchlist is called "watching a page". Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Help:Watching pages|Help page on Watching pages]] has a great [[Wikipedia:File:Wikipedia video tutorial-2-Reliability-en.ogv|tutorial on why watchlists are so helpful]]. | ||
{{Cats|Help|Pages with videos}} | {{Cats|Help|Pages with videos}} | ||