2009/12/10 Mike Pruden mikepruden@yahoo.com:
Personally, I found unloading my watchlist liberating, and I would hope that more would do the same. There's always that steady stream of vandal-fighters to stomp out any clear vandalism that pops up. It's hard to explain, but I think it's a good exercise in assuming good faith that others will make constructive edits in efforts to improve pages.
I gave up using my watchlist in late 2004. Haven't missed it.
- d.