Last modified: 2011-10-20 01:08:41 UTC
Using the Add/remove Watchlist blue star link: 1. For User talk:username/subpage, wrong wikilink is stored in the Watchlist. 2. For (one) user adding their own User talk:username/subpage, this results in non-logging in My watchlist 1. Example: on an existing subpage like User talk:SomeOtherUserNotMe/subpage when I click the blue Watchlist star, then view under My watchlist/edit watchlist, the wrong wikilink (User:SomeOtherUserNotMe/subpage) is shown, as a redlink. Event logging still occurs (for me). 2. Attempting to add/remove one's own User talk:username/subpage using the blue star, results in some logging not occurring (Anecdotal report) This occurred for user and page: User talk:Pine/Signpost , created for Signpost to updated regularly. Workaround: move the User talk:username/subpage to User:username/subpage . Correct URL is watchlisted, and bluelinked, and logging occurs without missing any events. Question: is this about a client side Javascript conflict?
Watching a page is supposed to watch both the page and the talkpage, so User talk: being canonicalized to User: is normal. If notifications are showing up then that could be a bug.
Thanks. I've added a note to that effect at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Watching_pages The original question came up at IRC en-help, so this will help helpers in future.
