[WikiEN-l] Re: ANON watchlist?

[Ryan W. (Merovingian)]

I've noticed the same thing.  I assume that it's a "clueless newbie" just seeing if the "Edit this page" button really works, and then running back to undo it, so that (s)he doesn't get "yelled at" by a "mod".  I think the uninitiated think Wikipedia is a lot like a forum, where we kick out just anybody we don't like.

--Ryan

> From: actionforum at comcast.net
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] ANON watchlist?
> 
> One thing that has puzzled me, is the behavior of some ANONs who 
> will insert a bit of vandalism or trash, or just a , or something 
> into a page and then immediately back it out with a revert.   Could 
> they be using this as a sort of "watchlist"?  They put a marker 
> into the history, so that when they return to the page, that can 
> tell what changed since the last time they visited.
> As for the list itself, they could just store pages they are 
> interested in, as we browser favorites.
> I've wondered about the behavior, because it occurrs too often in 
> the same way just to be sandbox behavior.
>                               -- Silverback

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