[Wikipedia-l] Feature request

[Brion VIBBER]

Larry Sanger wrote:
> We need a way to compile, based on lists of links (I guess), "Recent
> Changes" lists for all articles about a general topic.  I think this is
> actually a very pressing need that should have been taken care of long
> ago.  (For the record, I asked for it probably a year ago or more.)  The
> idea is that we'd be able to maintain lists of all articles on a given
> general subject, such as philosophy, and any changes made to any articles
> on the subject would show up on the recent changes page for that subject.

We already have a way to do exactly this: make a page that lists the 
pages that you have decided are in the topic, and click "Watch links". 
You get the interface of Recentchanges, showing only pages that are 
linked to from the list.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)