I have a basic pywikipedia script that can purge a watch list On Thursday, February 28, 2013, Katie Chan wrote:
> On 28/02/2013 14:22, Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W. wrote: > >> I do a lot of work on Commons, while using a setting that all pages I >> edit go to my watchlist. In the past I was able to control the size of my >> watchlist by occasionally purging it by editing raw watchlist. However when >> Cat-a-lot gadget become available I initially did not configure it properly >> and all files I edit with it also ended up on my watchlist. Pretty soon my >> watchlist become too big to edit. I am now at 36k pages and I definitely >> need to purge it. >> >> What can be done about it? I asked few people and asked on some talk >> forums but nobody knew the answer. I would be OK with deleting everything. >> > > This came up on en.wp recently <https://en.wikipedia.org/** > wiki/Wikipedia:BN#Can_a_**bureaucrat_delete_a_user.27s_**watchlist.3F<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BN#Can_a_bureaucrat_delete_a_user.27s_watchlist.3F>>. > A bugzilla request was filed to have the watchlist deleted. > > KTC > > -- > Experience is a good school but the fees are high. > - Heinrich Heine > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
