Help:Watchlist
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The watchlist is where you can track changes to any page you designate as "watched." You can see your watchlist by clicking "watchlist" in the top right of the screen, if you are a logged in as a registered user (someone with an account).
Before you see anything on your watchlist, you must add some pages to it. Do this by going to a page which interests you, and clicking the "watch" tab.
The watchlist feature is most useful on a very busy page where the "New Changes" display changes very quickly. You can easily find changes to these pages by watching them, and then viewing your Watchlist.
People watch pages related to their interests or pages ranked as "good" and "very good." If you make a major edit to a page, you might chose to watch the page to see if anyone changes what you edited. There is a "Watch this page" check box provided on the editing screen for this purpose.
On the watchlist display, some page names appear in bold. These are pages that you haven't visited since the change. The bold will disappear after you visit that page. New changes" display shows edits to pages on your watchlist. bold shows edits to pages on your watchlist.
See also Help:Tracking changes.