Brion VIBBER wrote:
Poor, Edmund W wrote: (re Anthere's sensible suggestion for a date limit)
Brion, could we add a clause like this?
WHERE (today - timestamp) < 3 days? /* I know this is not correct syntax */
A few days ago I put in a simple number limit of 250 results. Still too many, I guess. ;)
I've put in the same limits as Recentchanges. When I'm done messing with other things, I'll add the links to increase the limits if you want to see more.
Note that it's still pretty slow if you've got a long watchlist because it's implemented rather inefficiently on the backend (a gazillion string comparisons).
I want to object that this has resulted in my receiving only the last three days of changes on my watch list, and there is nothing in my preferences to turn this off. Ever since the recent changes became fairly unusable, I've depended a lot more on the way that I manage my watch list. Some things that are an ongoing interest are often left for more than three days, especially when the mailing list is su busy that it leaves me little time for the Wikipedia itself. Maybe people who like this 3-day feature should take the time to cull obsolete material from their watch lists; I do that from time to time.
If the limitations can't be treated as an option, they should be turned off until they can.
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