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Each line of a Watchlist (or Recent Changes page) shows details of each edit: whether minor (m), whether made by a bot (b), if a new page was created (N), if the edit was at an associated Wikidata page (D), the time, a link to the page, a link to the difference ("diff") made by the edit in question, a link to the page history ("hist"), the ...
Watchlist customization begins with the options provided by the Watchlist tab on the Preferences page. These include "Expand watchlist to...," which you can select in order to see all changes to a page rather than only the last one (which may have been an automated bot edit, or marked as minor, i.e., something less significant than, for example, the edit just before it – or, depending on ...
Wikipedia gives you three ways to add a page to your watchlist. You can turn on a checkbox when you edit or move a page (top and middle), or, at the top of the page you're viewing, you can click the "watch" tab (bottom). When you add a page to your watchlist, you're actually telling Wikipedia to watch two pages for you. That's because in ...
The "watch" button at the top of the page can only work for the personal watchlist The personal watchlist cannot be directly viewed by any user except the account owner The personal watchlist always watches both the talk page and the corresponding non-talk page of watched pages (to achieve this with the public watchlist, include separate talk ...
There are two settings for your watchlist: one in which only the most recent edit appears, and one in which all edits within the given timeframe appear. The advantage to only the most recent edit appearing is that the watchlist is smaller. The advantage to all edits being displayed is that you can see a significant edit that was not the most ...
The recent changes page is accessed from the Interaction Menu on Wikipedia's sidebar (displayed on the left side of the screen). It lists the most recent edits made to pages on Wikipedia. Using this page, you can monitor and review the latest contributions, to discover and correct mistakes and to spot and revert vandalism.
Similarly, to edit or remove a task from the to-do list: click the "edit" link at the top of the to-do list; edit or remove the task in the edit box; enter an edit summary as needed, select "watch", and save your changes; you can now go back to the talk page to check your entry. If necessary, click the purge button to refresh it.
Click on "Edit raw watchlist". This will display a text box with a complete list of the pages you are watching. Select all of the content of this text box (Ctrl+A on Windows and Linux, ⌘ Command+A on Mac) and copy the contents of this text box (Ctrl+C on Windows) to the clipboard. Log out from your old username and then log into your new ...