Hello,
On wikipedia-l, I asked a question, and Mathias Schindler stated that the discussion was probably better suited for wikitech-l.
In wikipedia-l, Troels Arvin wrote:
Hello,
Today, I reviewed my (complete) watchlist. I found some strange, non-existing pages on it:
ClockWorkNigger George Wanker Bush Pinux Template:AAERGilbDFgoui
I can't recall ever having encountered such pages. How could such items have been added to my watchlist?
- And Mathias Schindler replied:
As far as I understand Mediawiki, this could have happened this way:
you have [[George Walker Bush]] on your watchlist. a troll moves the page to [[George Wanker Bush]].
Mediawiki is keeping the Watchlist entry and adds a new one for the new page on the old name.
If this gets reverted, the lists could mess up. This is likely an issue to discuss on the tech-list. I wonder if an developer could falsify my speculations.
Mathias