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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#1: Mar 11th 2011 at 11:32:04 AM

I don't know if this is a glitch or an intentional change, but it's still rather annoying. Without having the pages on my watchlist I'm not likely to look at them

blackcat Since: Apr, 2009
#2: Mar 11th 2011 at 11:41:33 AM

I don't understand it, if I put a watch on something I automatically get the discussion page.

Meeble likes the cheeses. from the ruins of Granseal Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Mar 11th 2011 at 11:47:19 AM

I reported something similar on Ask The Tropers a few weeks back. It seems to be a glitch, as while all my pre-existing watchlisted discussion pages disappeared, any new pages I watchlist get the Discussion page added like they used to.

I never got an official confirmation on that, though.

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SpellBlade Since: Dec, 1969
#4: Mar 11th 2011 at 11:49:57 AM

I don't want to have to re-add all the stuff on my watchlist.

troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5: Mar 11th 2011 at 12:05:25 PM

Oh wow, like all the discussion pages I had on my watchlist disappeared. What's up with that?

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#6: Mar 12th 2011 at 9:06:56 AM

I think I've had the same problem, plus the orange dots aren't showing up for new items on my Fire Fox at home.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#7: Mar 13th 2011 at 9:50:24 AM

I'm having this problem as well. I apparently started a new thread which is locked.

The orange dots aren't showing up for new things, and the discussion pages are there but don't get rid of the orange dots after looking at the page. However, discussion pages are only there for YKTTW I've launched.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#8: Mar 15th 2011 at 2:31:03 AM

Okay, I'm getting the orange dot for updated pages now.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#9: Mar 15th 2011 at 4:02:40 AM

I am too....but this is twice now that I've posted a thread in Wiki Talk about recent changes to the edit history layout and that thread's vanished both times...rather puzzled by that.

UncloudedTJ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#10: Mar 25th 2011 at 8:55:55 AM

I had a topic in Wiki Talk that got locked and forwarded here. Basically all the discussion pages have disappeared from my watchlist and am just checking if that's still the problem, which apparently it is.

Unclouded TJ: Taking Bunny-Ears Lawyer too literally.
PPPSSC Since: Nov, 2009
#11: Mar 25th 2011 at 4:08:04 PM

It was said before (I think it was in Ask The Tropers) that the discussion pages come back if you drop and re-add the items to the watchlist which is true... but seems to only be true temporarily. I've already had to drop and re-add the pages I watch that I care about the discussion page for twice.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#12: Mar 25th 2011 at 9:09:12 PM

[up] That was me. And I haven't had any problems with the ones I re-added...you sure about this?

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PPPSSC Since: Nov, 2009
#13: Mar 25th 2011 at 10:16:22 PM

The discussions were gone, so I dropped and re-added the appropriate pages. The discussions were there for a while and then they were gone again, so I dropped and re-added them again and the discussions were back. They are currently working but I can't guarantee they will stay that way.

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#14: Jul 19th 2011 at 8:36:37 AM

I have a slightly different problem with discussion pages now. The current policy is to create work pages in media namespaces and leave a redirect in Main. For such pages adding watch for discussion is next to impossible, because you can't access Main since it's a redirect, and adding any other namespace doesn't add the discussion.

I suppose you could edit the redirect out, add watch and put the redirect back in, but that's just insane.

Would it really hurt to allow adding watches to discussion pages independently of the main page?

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#15: Jul 19th 2011 at 8:39:00 AM

For me, watching pages in alternate namespaces adds the discussion. Not sure why it doesn't work for you.

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StyxD Lights Out! from rimward of west (Emeritus Troper) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#16: Jul 19th 2011 at 11:03:11 AM

Ok, now this is weird.

I tried adding some random articles and apparently it works. Except for the one I'm actually trying to add. What's more, the "You are watching..." counter goes up by two, but the discussion entry is nowhere to be found on the list. What gives? Maybe it's because the article was just moved today (discussion was moved too, though)?

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#17: Jul 19th 2011 at 11:38:08 AM

Probably someone needs to actually edit the freshly moved discussion page for it to show up on your watchlist.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#18: Jul 19th 2011 at 11:40:05 AM

Right.

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