Last modified: 2013-04-27 12:01:27 UTC
In many cases we need that specific page's new sub-pages will added automatically to watchist for example in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval new requests will be added to sub-page and it is not possible to watch them
Subpages use vary a lot, I suppose you wouldn't want to have every https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/ subpages in your watchlist if you watch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion itself.
As I said it can be like an option in user's preferences i.e. 50 new sub-pages also it can be genus after some month could be expire (and removed automatically from user's watch-list) options could be like this *adding automatic watchlist for sub-pages **pagename (text list)=testpage1, testpage2, testpage3,... **50 new subpages **expiring watchlist = 2 month
This would be a useful option to have. But it would only be needed on very few pages, so you wouldn't want to clutter the interface with it, or muck around with complicating user preferences. Maybe an API option? Then you can create special "watch this page and any new and existing subpages" links (compare http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Watchlink). Cancelling watching of new subpages could presumably be based on unwatching the parent.
