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== Watchlist Clarification ==

I'm slightly confused about my Watchlist and it's this phrase on the[[Wikipedia:Watchlist]] page that's doing it:

''The default cutoff for the watchlist is currently three days for users with less than 1000 pages in their watchlists and 12 hours for Wikipediholics with more than 1000.''

I keep thinking that if nobody changes a page I am watching for a certain period of time, it is going to fall off the bottom - and I won't be notified when it ''is'' changed.  I'm fairly sure that ''doesn't'' happen, but can someone reassure me on that point?

To make it explicit:  If I choose to watch a page, I will be notified of a change on my Watchlist, provided I do not actively ''Stop Watching'' even if it's 5 years from now?

'''''Secondly''''' - Every time someone changes a page I am watching, that page shoots straight to the top of my Watchlist, regardless of how long ago the previous change happened?

--[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 12:54, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

:Every time an article is changed, then it goes right back to the top of your watchlist, no matter how long you have been watching it. However, after (by default) 24 hours, it falls off the bottom again. So you have that much time to notice changes to an article. [[User:Raul654|&rarr;Raul654]] 14:23, May 2, 2004 (UTC)

::Great.  That's exactly how I want it to be.  Thank you.  --[[User:Bodnotbod|bodnotbod]] 14:31, May 2, 2004 (UTC)