English subtitles for clip: File:Wikipedia basics - watchlists.ogv

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This screencast is about using watchlists

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to keep up with discussions and new edits to articles on Wikipedia.

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Every account has a watchlist,

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which is a tool for keeping track of recent changes on Wikipedia pages you care about.

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Wikipedians typically check their watchlists on a daily basis,

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or even more frequently when rapid discussions are going on.

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The watchlist shows which pages and discussions have been active,

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and lists the edit summaries other editors left—

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providing a quick overview of what's going on.

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For many editors, the watchlist is like the beating heart of Wikipedia.

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On my watchlist, you can see that someone has been editing one of the articles I watch,

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and someone has added to a discussion on the article talk page as well.

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To add an article to your watchlist, click the star tab next to the search box.

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You can remove an article from your watchlist by clicking it again.

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Adding an article to your watchlist automatically adds the corresponding talk page, and vice versa.

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By default, only the most recent change to an article shows up in the watchlist,

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and it only tracks changes over the last three days.

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You can adjust your watchlist settings by going to "My preferences" and then the "watchlist" tab.

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For newcomers, it may be useful to change the number of days displayed to the maximum of 7, and to enable several advanced options:

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Expand watchlist to show all changes, not just the most recent,

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and add pages I edit to my watchlist.

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Click "save" to turn on the new option. This will make it easier to keep track of the pages you're working on.

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As you edit more pages and your watchlist grows, it may make sense to revisit some of those settings.

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Some key kinds of pages you may want to add to your watchlist

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include articles you've contributed to, the talk pages of people you've contacted—

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in case they respond on their own talk page rather than yours—

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and any project pages you're connected to, like WikiProjects.

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To learn more about watchlists, go the page "Help:Watching pages".

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Happy editing!